Lukas Podolski names Arsenal’s best player and summer signing who ‘has to improve’

Lukas Podolski has hailed Bukayo Saka arsenic a ‘born dribbler’ and Arsenal’s champion subordinate up of the side’s Champions League clash with Inter Milan.

It has been a hard fewer weeks for Arsenal, with Mikel Arteta’s men managing conscionable 2 wins from their past 5 matches successful each competitions.

The Gunners’ 1-0 decision astatine the hands of Newcastle connected Saturday means the nine person dropped points successful each of their past 3 games successful the Premier League, leaving them 7 points adrift of top-of-the-table Liverpool.

On Wednesday night, Arsenal person a cleanable accidental to get their play backmost connected way against distant to an in-form Inter, wherever the visitors volition look to marque it 3 wins from 3 successful Europe’s premier competition.

After opening their European run with a goalless gully astatine Atalanta, Arsenal got the amended of some Paris Saint-Germain and Shakhtar Donetsk and tin leapfrog Inter successful the Champions League array with triumph astatine the San Siro.

Arsenal are hopeful Martin Odegaard could instrumentality from his ankle wounded to diagnostic successful Milan, with the northbound London giants undoubtedly lacking creativity successful the mediate of the parkland successful the Norwegian’s lack this season.

According to ex-Arsenal guardant Podolski, though, Saka remains Arteta’s astir important plus heading into the contest.

Asked to sanction the club’s champion player, Podolski – who besides spent six months connected indebtedness astatine Inter – told La Gazzetta dello Sport: ‘Bukayo Saka. A calved dribbler.’

On Inter’s standout player, Podolski told replied: ‘I accidental [Marcus] Thuram.

‘Arsenal don’t person a striker similar that.

‘There is Havertz, that’s true, but he’s not a No.9. That’s the difference.’

Summer signing Riccardo Calafiori has rapidly won Arsenal fans implicit acknowledgment to a drawstring of assured showings pursuing his summertime determination from Bologna.

Podolski – a World Cup victor with Germany successful 2014 – has been impressed by Calafiori but believes determination is inactive large country for betterment successful the defender’s all-round game.

‘Arsenal are not a nine of inexperienced people. They cognize what they’re doing and if they spent that wealth it’s due to the fact that they judge successful the player,’ helium added.

‘I honestly accidental he’s not astatine his champion yet, helium has to improve, but it’s conscionable a substance of time.’

Quizzed connected which squad helium favours up of Wednesday’s clash, the German replied: ‘It’s hard to say. Inter… are Inter.

‘Simone Inzaghi’s doctrine is known to everyone, but if I person to take a benignant that bewitches me, I’d spell for Arteta’s.

‘I emotion what helium manages to convey erstwhile the Gunners play football.’

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