Oleksandr Zinchenko calls out TWO Arsenal stars for 'by no means passing the ball'

OLEKSANDR ZINCHENKO has referred to as out two Arsenal gamers for by no means passing the ball.

The Ukrainian defender has reportedly been dominated out for the Gunners’ closing sport of the season.

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Zinchenko has been a superb addition to the squad since his switch from Manchester Metropolis final summer time.

Mikel Arteta has relied on the 26-year-old to play his distinctive inverted left-back position.

He was one of many enhancements to the squad that allowed them to mount a severe title problem within the Premier League.

Nevertheless, the membership’s efforts had been in useless as a run of poor kind within the closing two months of the season noticed Man Metropolis overtake them and declare the title.

Zinchenko’s potential to fit into the midfield and cross the ball has developed the group’s ways.

However the star has insisted not everyone seems to be as selfless with the ball as him.

In a dialog with Final Champions YouTube channel, Zinchenko claimed that Martin Odegaard and Rob Holding by no means “pass the ball”.

He was requested to call the participant that he thought has had probably the most touches throughout the 4-1 win over Leeds.

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Zinchenko picked Leandro Trossard however was not stunned to search out out that it was Odegaard.

He joked: “He has more! He never passes the ball. He never passes the ball.”

He was then instructed that Holding additionally had a match through which he was the participant to have probably the most touches.

Zinchenko responded: “That’s what I’m saying, you never pass the ball!”

The place Odegaard is worried, his contribution to the Arsenal group can’t be doubted, as he has starred for the membership this season.

The Norweigan has scored 15 targets and supplied seven assists within the Premier League.

Odegaard additionally has the sixth most quantity of passes within the Arsenal squad this season with 1,640, simply behind Zinchenko in fifth with 1,716.

Holding, nevertheless, does have a lot fewer passes to his title as he has solely managed 438 this season, 500 lower than goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.

He has performed considerably lower than the shot-stopper and the opposite two Arsenal stars this marketing campaign.

The membership’s high passer within the Premier League this season has been Gabriel Magalhães who has collected 2,339 passes in his 37 appearances.