Lee Dixon says he played with someone at Arsenal who was an even better player than Thierry Henry
Arsenal have had some truly exceptional players over the years. The Invincibles squad and the early Arsene Wenger team were jam-packed full of world-class players....
Arsenal have had some truly exceptional players over the years.
The Invincibles squad and the early Arsene Wenger team were jam-packed full of world-class players.
Robert Pires was one of the Premier League’s best players during his time at Arsenal, while Martin Odegaard thinks Patrick Vieira was even better than Pires.
Speaking on the Sacked in the Morning Podcast, Lee Dixon has been discussing his time at Arsenal, and he’s named the best player he ever played with in north London.
The full-back played with a whole host of incredible talents, but he ultimately stated that Dennis Bergkamp is his greatest ever teammate ahead of Thierry Henry.
Lee Dixon names Dennis Bergkamp as his greatest ever teammate
The pundit spoke about the best players he worked with at Arsenal.
Dixon gave shoutouts to Thierry Henry and Robert Pires, but he ultimately said that Bergkamp was his greatest teammate.
“And obviously the managers we’ve mentioned. If you had to pick the best player.” Dixon was asked.
“Dennis Bergkamp,” Dixon said.
“Oh, straight in there. Straight, he knows that question was coming. Bergkamp, the best player you’ve ever played with?” The host asked.
“Yeah, I mean, Thierry was pretty good as well, but. Pretty good, yeah. Robert Pires. I mean, I can go on, but Dennis had, I don’t even know what he had. He had something that nobody else had,” Dixon said.
“He had an elegance. I thought he was a really elegant player, you know. He had everything that was under control.”
Bergkamp stats compared to Thierry Henry
Henry and Bergkamp and Thierry Henry were the best of friends and the greatest of teammates at Arsenal, but they’re perhaps two of the most compared players of all-time as well.
Indeed, this is a debate that has been ongoing for almost 20 years at this point, and it’s almost impossible to separate the pair.
Paul Merson says that Bergkamp was better than Henry, while Oleksandr Zinchenko believes that Henry was better than Bergkamp.
Ultimately, it’s a matter of personal preference. Henry was a more ruthless goalscorer who had the better stats, while Bergkamp was much more of a creator who influenced the game without necessarily scoring or assisting every week.
Theirry Henry stats for Arsenal Dennis Bergkamp stats for Arsenal Games 377 422 Goals 228 120 Assists 98 112
Regardless of who you prefer, these two are two of the best players the Premier League has ever seen.
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