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Originally Posted by xXDeuce7Xx
Man this Jesus lovefest has some serious langer potential.
He's been really, really good in preseason. Clear best player on the pitch whenever he's out there. I don't think that means much, or that he will get 20+ goals, but if he is Arsenal's clear best player, he will have a good year.
I think Arsenal have 3 players good enough to start for any club in the world, and if they did, that team could still win the CL. That doesn't mean they are as good as the players currently doing so, but they're around that level. I would put Jesus, Partey and Saka there.
Now, I think Arsenal's season (obv anything can happen, injuries etc) is *mostly* going to come down to how good Martinelli and Saliba are. They look incredible in preseason as well. Saliba is just immense physically. Gabriel and White were good last season. I think on talent, our best CB pairing in almost 20 years. If Saliba is *even better* than both of them, that's really good for us. Now, he's like 21 and about to play his first PL season. It's a big ask. But he was YPOTY in France last year, played like 3600 minutes and was one of the best CB in Ligue 1.
Martinelli pops out every match watching him. If he goes from 6g/6a to 12g/5a or something, that's just huge for Arsenal. He had 9 xG in 1800 minutes last year, if he gets ~2500 minutes that's ~12 xG without any improvement.
And that's the difference for fighting for 3rd and 5th or 6th again imo.