By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Arsenal legend Ian Wright believes his club needs someone like Alex Iwobi at the Emirates.
Iwobi is rejuvenated under Frank Lampard after a lacklustre few years at Everton.
The Nigerian international struggled to score or assist enough to justify his £35million transfer fee and as a result lost his place in the Toffees starting XI.
Since Frank Lampard took charge in January, Iwobi’s form has dramatically improved.
“I’m so pleased with the way it’s going for him,” Wright was quoted by Football Fancast.
“I remember Arsenal fans, it’s the same thing they did with (Alex) Oxlade-Chamberlain, they ridiculed him.
“I remember watching him play in midfield early days for Arsenal at West Ham, and you’re seeing something.
“His ball progression and work rate, what Frank has now recognised him and put him there, listen to the Everton fans when he’s doing his work, they are adoring him now. I’m loving the way it’s working out for Iwobi.
“I’m just talking about somebody who’s making a massive difference to what Everton need – the work rate, his ball progression, his passing, everything.
“He’s the pass before the assist, people don’t realise it. Everton fans are now starting to realise that if they get the right players in and around him, he’s going to be a force for them.
“You look at his work rate, it’s unbelievable. It’s the kind of intensity that Mikel wants now and needs now, we need that, we need somebody who can press like that.”
