How many in the arsenal squad are world class? Define WC and list:
For me world class means the player would not look out of place starting for Citeh, Barca, RM or Bayern.
Saliba , Saka, Odegaard and Rice.
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No one is really world class yet. Which is why Arteta deserves more credit!
Arguably none. Saliba and Rice are perhaps the best shouts.
Genuinely refreshing to see someone who actually knows what they’re talking about on here.
What
There’s people in full seriousness claiming Martinelli is world class in here. This place is 99.9% people who have no idea what they’re taking about
Rice defo is. Not many better in the world in that position.
Douglas Luiz similar profile and he’s much, much better.
Agreed. I think Rodri is the best in the world, and Rice plus Kimmich and maybe Tchouameni are just behind him.
What have they won to be considered “WORLD” class?
Lol at least if they win a PL or CL it will actually mean something
Saliba and Rice. Saka knocking on the door.
Saka not there for me. Man is a level behind Salah and Silva so can’t really make a case for world class when you aren’t at the top of respective league
He’s not Salah level but the difference between a good player and a class player is, imo, consistency.
Saka’s been one of our most consistent players over the past 3-4 years.
Nah Saka now, lad has 9 goal involvements in 12 games this season. He’s our best attacker and it’s not even a contest.
Saka is top 5 at worst, and arguably top 3 in the world at RW.
He’s world class
Rice will show his class in the CL, Saliba is close too.
I consider real world class top 5 in the world in their position.
Rice probably slips in there, saka maybe, don’t know about other two
I think that’s typically how I define it too. Saka is easily a top 5 RW. Saliba is easily a top 5 CB. Rice is easily a top 5 DM
Saka, Martinelli, Odegaard, and Rice imo
My definition: world-class is a player that’s either the best in his position in the world or very close to the best player in this position.
For example, you could argue that Harry Kane is the best striker in the world right now (and that’s coming from an Arsenal fan!), but Haaland obviously deserves the same label.
With that in mind, I would say Saka, Rice, and Saliba are there. Odegaard and Martinelli are very close, I think Ben White was in that second group last season too.Depends on the definition of world class. It has to be quantifiable to be equally applied to all. For example, being in top 1, 2 or 5% of all ballers based on Transfermarkt evaluations. All the rest are subjective, biased and emotional.
Market prices are definitely subjective so this is a dumb take
Saka, Saliba and Rice for me. What squads wouldn’t they get in to?
Saka
I dont think any of them are WC yet, but to me thats an issue of their age and experience. Saka is probably the closest to WC than all of them, then i would put Rice and Saliba after him. Odegaard needs to find consistency in his form. Martinelli needs to improve in more than a few areas, but he’s not far away from the conversation.
Real Madrid need investigating for that Odegaard fiasco
Not really sure they do. He wasn’t better than Modric or Kroos when they sold him and he isn’t better than Valverde or Bellingham now.
Madrid have sold of loads of very high quality players in the past, players that would be stars at other clubs are regularly deemed surplus to requirements there. The bar they have for who makes it there is probably higher than any other club in the world.
Saka has the potential to be, none other than maybe Rice are world class I’d say.
I think it’s hard to argue that players are world class when they’re playing their first CL. Their performances over the next few years will determine their status.
For now they’re very good players