Arsenal: Emmanuel Petit slams 'mushy' Rob Holding and charges title hopes

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Emmanuel Petit admits he is 'not a big fan' of Arsenal defender Rob Holding — Emmanuel Petit admits he's ‘not an enormous fan’ of Arsenal defender Rob Holding (Image: Getty)

Emmanuel Petit admits he's ‘not an enormous fan’ of Arsenal defender Rob Holding and has made a assured prediction for the Gunners’ Premier League title problem.

Holding began Sunday’s 4-1 Premier League win over Crystal Palace after William Saliba suffered an harm in the course of the Europa League defeat to Sporting Lisbon three days earlier.

Mikel Arteta is hopeful that Saliba’s setback just isn't too critical however Holding may but have an important position to play as Arsenal try to clinch their first league title since 2004 after the worldwide break.

Holding has made 156 appearances for Arsenal since becoming a member of the membership in 2016 however the 27-year-old is but to completely persuade former Gunners midfielder Petit, who believes he's ‘too mushy’.

‘Rob Holding, I'm not an enormous fan of him, to be trustworthy,’ Petit mentioned on Premier League Productions earlier than Arsenal’s victory over Crystal Palace. ‘I believe he's too mushy, as a defender.

‘It’s resembling disgrace additionally to see [Takehiro] Tomiyasu injured. I'd have most popular to have Tomiyasu at right-back and Ben White as a central defender.’

The choice to play Tomiyasu in any place has been taken out of Arteta’s arms after Arsenal confirmed the Japan worldwide would miss the remainder of the season with a knee harm.