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