By Akeem Oduyoye
Manchester United legend, Gary Neville, has revealed Arsenal’s three most important key players in persons of Declan Rice, William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes that may determine the club winning the English Premier League title this season.
According Neville, Arsenal’s dream of wrestling the title from champions Manchester United may not come to reality without the trio.
Neville made the revelation while speaking on Sky Sports after Arsenal’s 1-0 home victory over EPL giants, Manchester City on Sunday.
“You know what’s more important than that? The two centre-backs and Rice.They will not win the league if they don’t have the two centre-backs [William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes] and Rice,” Neville said.
Recall that Gabriel Martinelli scored the lone goal of the game to give Arsenal all three points against EPL giants, Man City to remain second on the league table behind toppers, Tottenham.
Football observers are of the opinion that the next five games of Arsenal against the likes Chelsea, Sheffield United (H) – October 28, Newcastle United (A) – November 4, Burnley (H) – November 11 and Brentford (A) – November 25 after the international break will determine the club fate of winning the title ahead of Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Newcastle.