The practice of football teams bringing back their former players isn’t one that can be said to be popular but it is most times one of the beauties of the round leather game.
Calls for players to be re-signed by their former teams are mostly made when the said player is thriving in a role that his former team lacks and it makes more sense when it comes from a club legend.
Arsenal are currently having a crisis in midfield and legendary Arsenal forward Ian Wright has urged the club to look into the possibility of bringing back Alex Iwobi, who was sold three years ago to Everton.
This season under the guidance of Frank Lampard and in a new role as a central midfielder, Iwobi has excelled in leaps and bounds. Wright says with his performances so far he is the kind of player that Arsenal need. He gave his opinion in the latest episode of the Wrighty’s House podcast posted three days ago.
He said: “I’m so pleased with the way it’s going for him. I remember Arsenal fans, it’s the same thing they did with Oxlade-Chamberlain, they ridiculed him. I remember watching him play in midfield early days for Arsenal at West Ham, and you’re seeing something.
“His ball progression and work rate, what Frank has now recognised him and put him there, listen to the Everton fans when he’s doing his work, they are adoring him now. I’m loving the way it’s working out for Iwobi.
“I’m just talking about somebody who’s making a massive difference to what Everton need – the work rate, his ball progression, his passing, everything. He’s the pass before the assist, people don’t realise it. Everton fans are now starting to realise that if they get the right players in and around him, he’s going to be a force for them.
“You look at his work rate, it’s unbelievable. It’s the kind of intensity that Mikel wants now and needs now, we need that, we (Arsenal)need somebody who can press like that.”
