Former Arsenal captain William Gallas thinks the club’s current skipper Martin Odegaard is not playing as well as the team needs him to.
Arsenal are currently fourth place in the Premier League, five points off table-toppers Liverpool.
Last season they fell just short of the title after leading the way for much of the season, and it appears they will be able to push their way to the title this season, unless there are radical changes.
Speaking to Gambling Zone, Gallas suggested that the club need Odegaard to be at his best to drag them through matches they are struggling in.
He explained: “If the media knows their problem, the players have to understand it and they have to do more and fight to win even if they don’t play well.
“They don’t have that mentality at the moment. I was speaking about Odegaard, who is so talented and his technique is unbelievable. But if he’s not on the level we expect him to be, it looks like the team doesn’t play well.
“It’s not only Odegaard though, he’s not the only one, but I don’t think he’s been at the level he needs to be at.”
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