The ex-Gunners midfielder believes a move for the Colombia international would be a better option than continuing to pursue Barcelona’s Denis Suarez <\/p>\n
James Rodriguez is \u201ca mix of Cesc Fabregas and Isco\u201d, says Emmanuel Petit, and would be a better option for Arsenal in their search for a new No. 10 than Barcelona star Denis Suarez.<\/p>\n
The Gunners are in the market for a playmaker after seeing Aaron Ramsey edge his way towards the exits.<\/p>\n
With the Wales international destined to leave for Juventus as a free agent, as revealed by Goal, Unai Emery needs to find a suitable replacement.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n Various options have been mooted, with Suarez among them, but speculation regarding a move for Colombia international James is building.<\/p>\n He is currently on loan at Bayern Munich from La Liga giants Real Madrid but will see that agreement come to a close in the summer and is considered to be a perfect fit for Arsenal.<\/p>\n Ex-Gunners midfielder Petit told The Mirror<\/em> of the talented 27-year-old: \u201cI have known James Rodriguez from when he played for Monaco and I think he is a very good attacking midfielder.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe he is a proper No. 10, I like him in the middle of the park controlling the game.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has this quality – it’s a mix of [Cesc] Fabregas and Isco – and I think he would be a very good signing for Arsenal.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I had to choose between them [James and Suarez] – knowing the situation with Ramsey – Arsenal definitely need an attacking midfielder and need to get a player who has the personality to direct a game and not hide all the time.<\/p>\n \u201cI think James Rodriguez is one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n While talking up possible additions at Emirates Stadium, Petit has questioned why Ramsey is looking for a way out of north London, with the 28-year-old told he is \u201cmaking a mistake\u201d.<\/p>\n The Frenchman added: \u201cI don’t want to be negative but I don’t know why he is going to Juventus, honestly.<\/p>\n \u201cSerie A? It is not the Premier League guys.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Premier League is the best in the world, it is the most competitive championship.<\/p>\n \u201cYou see it every year, you have three or four teams fighting for the title.<\/p>\n \u201cYou don’t see that in Italy, in Spain, or France or wherever so I think he is making a mistake.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ex-Gunners midfielder believes a move for the Colombia international would be a better option than continuing to pursue Barcelona’s Denis Suarez James Rodriguez is \u201ca mix of Cesc Fabregas and Isco\u201d, says Emmanuel Petit, and would be a better option for Arsenal in their search for a new No. 10 than Barcelona star Denis…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n