“You can’t allow him to join Real Madrid” – Mikel Arteta told to do everything by stopping £89 million valued Arsenal star from Joining Madrid next summer because he’s better than Bellingham
Darren Bent has stated that even if Jude Bellingham is a superior player, he would not replace Martin Odegaard at Arsenal with the Real Madrid star.
In an interview with talkSPORT, Bent said he would definitely trade the England international for Kai Havertz.
Jude Bellingham has persisted in demonstrating that he is among, if not the top talent in football. He transferred from Borussia Dortmund to Real Madrid in the summer, and he has had an incredible start to life there.
Bellingham would be quickly accepted by any football squad in the world. However, one Arsenal fan asserted that there is a player in the Gunners lineup that he would not replace in order to make room for Bellingham.
Darren Bent was asked about swapping Martin Odegaard for Bellingham. And he insisted that the captain is too important to Mikel Arteta’s side for a change to be made.
“I think Bellingham is probably a better player. But for where Arsenal are right now, Odegaard being the captain, I’m not swapping the two,” he told talkSPORT.
“Yeah, but not in that position. Listen, I’d swap Kai Havertz in a heartbeat for him. I’d play Rice, Bellingham and Odegaard. There’s your three. But I’m not going to take the captaincy off Odegaard and say off you go.”
Of course, Bent acknowledges himself that Bellingham is the better player. So he is well aware of the quality that the youngster possesses.
However, Bellingham appears to be a once in a generation level talent. Odegaard is an absolutely sensational captain for the Gunners. And remarkably, he should only get better in the coming years.
But Bellingham is arguably on the next level to the Norwegian already. He can play anywhere in the middle of the park.
It sounds disrespectful to Odegaard. But Bellingham would surely replace any Arsenal midfielder for many supporters. And it would be unbelievable for Arteta’s side if they did have the 20-year-old in their side.
In fairness, Arsenal are on the way up. Should they continue to progress, they will be competing for many more of the world’s best talents.
But unfortunately, their improvement came just a little too late for them to seemingly be genuine contenders in the race to land Bellingham.
