Tzolis Reminds Me Of Alexis Sanchez – Walcott

Former Arsenal winger Theo Walcott has hailed £34 million debutant Christos Tzolis for his performance against Coventry City. He recently compared the forward to Alexis Sanchez while issuing a warning to substitute Eberechi Eze.

Stressing that he loves how positive Tzolis is whenever he gets the ball, Walcott stated that the Greek winger’s energetic performance on the left flank has deservedly captured the attention of supporters and pundits alike.

He added that the young winger regularly gives full-backs a headache like Sanchez did for many years at Arsenal Football Club.

His words, “I like him a lot, he reminds me of Alexi.

The reason why I say that, when he gets the ball his first touch is positive, his first thought is forward, attack the full-back.

Alexi would always give the full-back a headache and even wearing the number 17 reminds he of him, I know he moved to the number seven when Tomas Rosicky moved on.

However, there’s something about the way he moves with the ball, he glides on the field, they want to keep on giving it to him as well, I think you can see the confidence is growing and growing, he has got a bit more pace about him than [Leandro] Trossard does, so he’s a bit of a hybrid between Trossard and Alexis.

But very impressed, when he gets fitter and players get to know his game a lot more, but I like what I see so far, really impressed.

Eze having that shot at the end. I’m not sure he [Arteta] will be happy with that.

I know it’s such a small thing but these are little details that he will look into each individual player if he’s going to be with them throughout the season, that’s just a sign to see.”