William Gallas names Arsenal’s ‘best’ player this season: ‘He’s a monster’
William Gallas has said that Declan Rice has been Arsenal’s best player so far this season and has given his verdict on whether Liverpool and Chelsea will be able to challenge the Gunners for the Premier League title this season.
Arsenal won the Premier League title and reached the final of the Champions League last season.
There is a very good chance that the north London club could repeat their heroics from last season and do even better.
Arsenal are at the top of the Premier League table at the moment with 27 points from 10 matches, five points clear of second-placed Brighton and Hove Albion.
The Gunners have also picked up 10 points from four Champions League games this campaign.
Just like last season, Rice has been stunning for Arsenal and has been a force to be reckoned with in the middle of the park.
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The 27-year-old England international midfielder has scored one goal and given five assists in 15 matches in all competitions for Arsenal this season.
Former Arsenal defender Gallas believes that Rice has been the defending Premier League champions’ best player this season.
Declan Rice is Arsenal’s best player
FlashScore quotes Gallas as saying: “It is Declan Rice. He’s a monster.
“What he has done has put him on another level now at Arsenal, and I think he understands how important he is for the club and for the team.
“When you look at his performance, every game, you can see in his game that he has that powerful strength, but at the same time he controls the midfield.
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“He’s very relaxed. When he has to be strong, he’s strong. When he has to be calm, to control the game, he can do that too.
“He can defend. He can attack as well. For me, I would say, yeah, Rice right now is maybe the player who has been the best in an Arsenal shirt this season.”
Arsenal will win Premier League title
Gallas has also backed Arsenal to win the Premier League title this season and does not anticipate a challenge from Liverpool or Chelsea.
The former Chelsea defender said: “I don’t think so. At the beginning, for the first five games, everybody was talking, and even I was thinking that the race was going to be between Arsenal and Manchester City, but now City don’t look that strong.
“So maybe one more team will be there. That means the race won’t just be with Manchester City.
“It can be with another team, but that team, I don’t know if it’s going to be Liverpool. I’m not sure. Chelsea are not ready yet, to be honest.
“That second team will emerge at the end of the season, and is not going to be so close behind Arsenal.
“That’s why it looks like Arsenal can really go and win that title. It is a one-horse race.
“But as we know, it’s just the beginning of the season. I know everybody is very excited.
“Everybody sees Arsenal winning that trophy twice in a row, but let’s see what is going to happen, because we know the most difficult part of the season is going to be in February and March.”
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