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​Arsenal legend Wright calls for re-signing of Everton winger Iwobi

Arsenal legend Ian Wright thinks the Gunners should look at Alex Iwobi from Everton.

The winger has shown real quality for the Toffees in recent months, playing primarily as a central midfielder for manager Frank Lampard.

Having joined Everton for £40 million in 2019, many Arsenal fans felt they had gotten an outstanding deal from that transfer.

"I'm so pleased with the way it's going for him," Wright told the Wrighty's House podcast.

"I remember Arsenal fans, it's the same thing they did with Oxlade-Chamberlain, they ridiculed him.

"His ball progression and work rate, what Frank has now recognised him and put him there, listen to the Everton fans when he's doing his work, they are adoring him now. I'm loving the way it's working out for Iwobi.

"Everton fans are now starting to realise that if they get the right players in and around him, he's going to be a force for them.

"You look at his work rate, it's unbelievable. It's the kind of intensity that Mikel wants now and needs now, we need that, we need somebody who can press like that."

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