Mbappe plays cricket? 
He plays in a farmers league where heās catered to by everyone.
To be fair he did win a World Cup and came close to winning it a second timeā¦
Unless you wanna say itās all thanks to Giroud 
I love Vini but Mbappe stands in a league of his own.
Still not sure heās gonna go to Madrid this summer with the way things are going.
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https://twitter.com/afcstuff/status/1690409663995559936
Must be the New Balance link, but still Sakaās the face of the club now, wouldāve never thought to see Saka and Kawhi in the same pic.
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Mbappe isnāt a winger.
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Tell me he is a wide forward now. 
This boy has been an iron-man for us. Seeing the Timber news makes me shit my pants at the thought of him ever getting injured.
I was ready to let this one more forward signing go but I now do fear with so many serious injuries out of nowhere in the last couple of weeks.
Good thing he specified Messi as I was thinking of the original don Arjen.
Hard to stop him making space for that shit, he shifts it so quickly and his foot speed is ridiculous.
Itās also underplayed just how fucking hard he smacked the ball with his instep. Mad power and precision. Ball flew in like Maverick in Top Gun
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Indeed.
Side noteāI knew a guy in grad school that claimed to have played with Arjen Robben when they were both kids. He said Robben was average and nothing special. What a hater.
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Long term not such a good thing
Heās playing a ton of football at a young age, doesnāt bode well for oneās longevity especially when youāre doing it in the PL
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I think we may regret not signing a quality wide player this window. Havertz is a fine addition but I canāt shake the feeling we bought a really expensive pair of fuzzy dice when we needed a spare tire.
As I said in the matchday thread, his body will be rinsed by 25.
Arteta believes that playing lots of games doesnāt negatively impact a player. He was rather outspoken about that.
If Sakaās career at Arsenal is hampered because of this, Iāll never forgive Arteta for it 
Sign a wide man FFS or reintegrate Pepe!
It entirely depends on the player. Some players can just go on and on, and it never affects them. CR7 is a perfect example of this.
That being said, if Arteta is going to talk about making sure every position has competition, then the RW spot should be a priority at this point because itās the only one in the squad where the drop off is so huge that we canāt afford to play anybody else.
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The most games you play, the higher chance you get injured.
It is not just about wear and tear.
Heās pretty much an exception to the rule beyond a once in a generation type of player who was also blessed not to sustain major injuries and even then he had to really adapt his game the older he got to become more of a CF who achieved numbers that the game has scarcely seen
Most other players wonāt be able to do that, for example see Hazard, Sanchez, Mane, Bale and even Salah is beginning to decline somwehat.
None of these guys were playing as much ball as Saka at the same age as well and if they were it wasnāt in such an arduous league.
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Totally happened without me realizing. I knew he played a LOT ( too much), but damn that is crazy. Iron man.