'More than anyone' - Arsenal legend names most important player in Premier League

'More than anyone' - Arsenal legend names most important player in Premier League

Ifeanyi Ufomadu 16:48 - 01.12.2024

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown has revealed the most important player in the English Premier League.

The Premier League is home to many of the world's best players.

The likes of Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, Manchester City's Erling Haaland, and others have made the English league the most watched league in the world.

According to Arsenal legend Martin Keown, the Premier League's most important player is one who rarely gets as much praise as he should.

The former Gunners defender believes Martin Odegaard as the most crucial player in England.

Odegaard's importance to the team is evident in Arsenal's record with and without him. The Gunners have suffered only two Premier League defeats this season, both of which came when the Norwegian was absent due to injury.

Arsenal's Martin Odegaard against Liverpool | Imago

Keown, speaking to talkSPORT after the Gunners hammered West Ham 5-2, highlighted Odegaard's impressive statistics, saying:

"He's created 102 chances – more than anyone in the Premier League – and 41 times he's retrieved the ball in the final third so in and out of possession. I'm struggling to think of a more important player in the Premier League.

"To come back after six weeks out and hit the ground running in the way that he did shows how he's applied himself when he's been out. We'd become predictable in front of goal."

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