Emmanuel Petit snubs Cole Palmer and names the Chelsea star he’d want Arsenal to sign

Emmanuel Petit has snubbed Cole Palmer and named the 1 Chelsea subordinate he’d emotion to spot astatine Arsenal.

The 2 London rivals clash connected Sunday astatine Stamford Bridge with the Gunners looking to reverse a miserable tally of form.

Mikel Arteta’s men slipped to a damaging defeat connected Wednesday nighttime successful Milan aft they were beaten 1-0 by Inter acknowledgment to Hakan Calhanoglu’s arguable penalty.

The Gunners person besides failed to people distant from location against Newcastle and Bournemouth successful caller weeks but, contempt the other firepower and invention Palmer would bring to their team, Petit feels midfield enforcer Moises Caicedo would person a bigger interaction astatine the Emirates.

Caicedo, aft a dilatory start, is opening to warrant his transportation interest nether the tutelage of Enzo Maresca and Petit would emotion to spot the Ecuador international, who Arsenal tried to bargain 2 years ago, lining up alongside the likes of Declan Rice.

He told Instant Casino: ‘If I could prime 1 Chelsea subordinate to enactment into the Arsenal team, actually, that would beryllium Moises Caicedo, definitely. I would astir apt instrumentality Cole Palmer arsenic well, but I volition spell for Caicedo.’

Rice, meanwhile, who Arsenal yet signed alternatively of Caicedo, has looked disconnected colour truthful acold this play and is simply a uncertainty for the play with a toed injury.

Martin Odegaard’s lack whitethorn person played a relation successful Rice’s struggles but Petit fears the England planetary is paying the terms for having played truthful overmuch shot implicit the past 12 months.

‘You can’t enactment a mediocre performances connected Odegaard’s absence,’ Petit added.

‘Big teams header without large players. The players are tired. You tin spot that. You know, for maine the champion illustration is Declan Rice.

‘He’s been marvellous since helium signed for Arsenal and from the commencement of season, he’s not the aforesaid subordinate anymore.

‘It was a agelong play past season, and helium played truthful galore games astatine a precocious level during the European Championship arsenic well.

‘As I said, rotation is key. With the caller format of the Champions League, it’s similar determination are large games coming up each the time.’

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