Even aside from that, there’s a lot off the ball and a lot defensively that he truly has done very well for us. Plus his size and ability to play multiple positions will be valuable going forward. He always looks like he’s lacking confidence with the ball, but hopefully that can come along with time while he tries to assimilate and become more comfortable.
Everyone likes to compare him to Xhaka, but they compare him to Xhaka only after multiple seasons with Arteta and skipping past plenty of growing pains. Kai has only played 1/3 of a season here ffs.
That Xhaka point is the most crucial one given the context. Many people wrote him off. Plenty of people saw the player in there but we didn’t have the squad to get it out of him and then one day we did. And he thrived.
Kai clearly does what Arteta asks and if you are someone that is doing exactly what you are coached to do, then I’m sorry but you are playing games.
Even aside from that, there’s a lot off the ball and a lot defensively that he truly has done very well for us. Plus his size and ability to play multiple positions will be valuable going forward. He always looks like he’s lacking confidence with the ball, but hopefully that can come along with time while he tries to assimilate and become more comfortable.
Everyone likes to compare him to Xhaka, but they compare him to Xhaka only after multiple seasons with Arteta and skipping past plenty of growing pains. Kai has only played 1/3 of a season here ffs.
That Xhaka point is the most crucial one given the context. Many people wrote him off. Plenty of people saw the player in there but we didn’t have the squad to get it out of him and then one day we did. And he thrived.
Kai clearly does what Arteta asks and if you are someone that is doing exactly what you are coached to do, then I’m sorry but you are playing games.