Noni Madueke in action for Arsenal against Manchester United (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Former Chelsea star Joe Cole has backed Noni Madueke to prove a few people wrong after his transfer to Arsenal this summer.
Madueke recently left the Blues to join the Gunners in a somewhat surprise move, with the England international not necessarily looking like being quite good enough to improve Mikel Arteta’s side.
Still, Cole is a big fan of Madueke and thinks he’ll be given a key role on the left-hand side of the Arsenal attack.
See the video below as Cole feels Madueke is a powerful player who can give Arsenal something a bit different after the slightly indifferent form of Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard in recent times…
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Joe Cole backs Noni Madueke transfer to be a success for Arsenal
“I think Noni’s a very, very good player,” Cole told Hayters.
“I think Mikel Arteta would’ve watched … he played games on the left at times for Chelsea and really done well. He’s powerful, he can get on the outside.
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“Martinelli missed games through injury, Trossard obviously, he scores goals but he never really felt that he was going to kick on.
“I think it’s a great signing for Arsenal. It improves their squad and I think you’ll see him play a lot on the left, because he can play both flanks.”
Should Madueke start games for Arsenal?
Noni Madueke warming up for Arsenal (Photo by Eddie Keogh/Getty Images)
Some Arsenal fans might already be thinking it would be worth starting Madueke over Martinelli.
The Brazilian winger was poor in the weekend win at Manchester United, so Arteta could do well to make a bit of a change to his front three for the next game against Leeds.
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