Jamie Redknapp says Leicester midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is the type of player Arsenal need (Image: GETTY)
Jamie Redknapp believes Leicester midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is the type of player Arsenal have needed in their side for years.
Ndidi has impressed in Leicester’s fine start to the season under manager Brendan Rodgers.
The Nigerian has started 11 of the first 12 Premier League games of the campaign, helping the Foxes concede fewer goals than any team in the division before Saturday’s visit of Arsenal.
Redknapp was working as a pundit on that match alongside legendary former Arsenal captain Tony Adams.
He’s the sort of player that I think Arsenal have been crying out for for years
Jamie Redknapp on Leicester star Wilfred Ndidi
And the ex-Liverpool and Tottenham midfielder was full of praise for Ndidi.
“He does a great job,” Redknapp said.
“He’s the sort of player that I think Arsenal have been crying out for for years.
“He’s 22 years of age, got great pace, good energy, can pass the ball.
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Wilfred Ndidi has impressed for Leicester this season (Image: GETTY)
“I think about the game earlier in the season when he gave the ball away against Chelsea and I thought ‘I wonder how he’ll react’. He ended up scoring a goal after it.
“For such a young man he plays with so much assurance and the sort of player that [Adams] would have loved to have in front of you.
“You played with the magnificent Patrick Vieira. At 22 years of age he’s got it all.”
Adams agreed with Redknapp that Ndidi is the type of player his former side need.
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The former centre-back also revealed a recent conversation he had with another ex-Arsenal team-mate in John Jensen.
“Yeah absolutely, Manu [Emmanuel] Petit as well,” Adams replied.
“I met John Jensen the other day and he scored one goal in 1999, he said: ‘It’s your fault because all you used to do is say stay in front of me and protect me’.
“I didn’t let him go forward and stuff but [Arsenal] need that, they need that protection.”