Football thrives on healthy debate, and big issues like Arsenal’s greatest ever players usually generate lively arguments. Let’s get started with your ideas…
Arsenal Football Club has had a number of good players and has also won a lot of games. So, without further ado, let’s get this party started.
Thierry Henry
Starting with the king is usually a smart idea. Simply, he is the greatest player in the history of the Premier League. With fast speed, incredible flair, and excellent interaction, he is a prolific goalscorer. 90 assists for a total of 228 goals. Arsenal fans would undoubtedly say Henry was the finished thing if Gods were developing a football player based on what they saw on the North Bank.
Dennis Bergkamp
Dennis Bergkamp changed the Premier League with his polymath level of footballing intellect and a touch that made Dimitar Berbatov cry. Bergkamp, together with Cantona, Juninho, and the first wave of excellent imported players, brought a level of technical talent and professionalism to the Netherlands that had never been seen before.
Bergkamp, a tenacious perfectionist, led Arsenal to their first Premier League title in 1997/98. As Arsenal won their second League and Cup double, he was named PFA Players’ Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year. An Invincible, a statue outside the ground, and an 11-year career at the club. Pure poetry on the move.
Robert Pires
Robert Pires was far more than a man with a pencil goatee. His va-va-vooming resulted in the scariest left flank in English football history. Their interplay was terrifying, with a rampaging Ashley Cole continuously overlapping and a drifting Thierry Henry. His best year was 2001/02 when he won the FWA Player of the Year award despite suffering a season-ending injury in March. His most memorable moment came against Aston Villa when he scored a spectacular lob. Pires uses the outside of his boot to smash a long ball from Freddie Ljungberg beyond Jlloyd Samuel. Pires makes a superbly calculated half-volley lob over Peter Schmeichel while the ball is still bouncing. Don’t take my word for it; see for yourself.
Source- 90min