Zubimendi Has Been Struggling For Arsenal – Gary Neville

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has said that Martin Zubimendi has failed to live up to his price tag at Arsenal. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

Stating that Zubi has clearly failed to dictate the tempo of the game in the way many expected when he arrived in the EPL, he noted that the Spanish midfielder is no Andrea Pirlo, Paul Scholes or Rodri.

Neville added that even though the Spaniard appeared to be a great signing at the start of the season, he is currently struggling.

His words, “I thought at the start of the season that Zubimendi was a great signing. He’s been a good player for Arsenal but right now I was expecting that this would be where Zubimendi would be the player. Who’s going to be the difference player?

But I thought… you think of what [Andrea] Pirlo is, or [Paul] Scholes or Rodri, Bernardo Silva – the player who can dictate play in a game like this, get Arsenal on the ball, organise and get them with authority and he’s not demonstrating that. He’s struggling in the games and he has been for a few weeks now.

Odegaard went deeper [today], but the problem is when Odegaard goes deeper, Rice then goes deeper and Zubimendi is already deep.

Then you’ve got three players, or certainly two in deep areas. You can’t have that. You want them to be rotating with each other, and you want one back there to link play with the defence and the full-backs. It felt to me today that Zubimendi, Rice and Odegaard got outplayed by that Newcastle midfield.”

WOW.

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Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.

Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.

The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992 the left and the right, but he’s not got any sense of danger yet, and empties the midfield area too readily.