{"id":345996,"date":"2026-06-05T08:34:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=345996"},"modified":"2026-06-05T08:34:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:04:50","slug":"bacary-sagna-claims-surprise-arsenal-star-has-been-best-player-on-this-planet-this-season-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/bacary-sagna-claims-surprise-arsenal-star-has-been-best-player-on-this-planet-this-season-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacary Sagna claims surprise Arsenal star has been best player on this planet this season | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bacary Sagna never won the Premier League in seven seasons at Arsenal (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna has made the remarkable claim that current Gunners star Jurrien Timber has been the perfect player on this planet this season.<\/p>\n

Arsenal have had a incredible season, winning the Premier League for the primary time in 22 12 months and narrowly missing out on their first ever Champions League triumph.<\/p>\n

Timber has actually been hailed for his performances, but even within the Arsenal side it has been Declan Rice and David Raya who’ve been touted for indivudual awards ahead of the Dutchman.<\/p>\n

Manchester United\u2019s Bruno Fernandes won the Premier League Player of the Season, while Barcelona\u2019s Raphinha won the identical award in La Liga.<\/p>\n

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Inter\u2019s Federico Dimarco won Serie A MVP, Bayern Munich\u2019s Michael Olise won Bundesliga Player of the Season and PSG\u2019s Ousmane Dembele got the nod in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Sagna reckons Timber has done greater than any of those stars, outperforming everyone on the planet this season.<\/p>\n

For me, Timber is the Player of the Season for Arsenal,\u2019 Sagna told Vegas Insider<\/a>. \u2018He has been very solid. Going forward one on one has been good and he might be probably the most consistent player within the team. He at all times delivers and he’s just super consistent.<\/p>\n

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Jurrien Timber did have a superb season at right-back for Arsenal (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018If I even have to offer an award to the perfect player of the season in the entire world, I’d give it to Timber.\u2019<\/p>\n

Sagna, who played 284 times for Arsenal from 2007-14 but didn\u2019t win the Premier League, did even have high praise for Rice, saying he’s in the highest three in his position on this planet.<\/p>\n

\u2018To define a player as the perfect player is hard, because there’s lots of competition on the market. Everyone has different characteristics. But surely, Rice is in the highest three in his position,\u2019 said the 65-cap France international.<\/p>\n

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Declan Rice has been vital for the Gunners on their solution to the league title (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018His physical presence is incredible. He’s perhaps not that sort of player who’s shining on a regular basis, but he’s at all times in the proper spot at the proper time. He’s stopping the counter attacks and is reading the sport perfectly.<\/p>\n

\u2018I saw some people talking about him only playing sideways and backway but I believe he isn’t about stats. He’s about reading the sport and he reads the situations perfectly. He’s putting himself in situations that other players don\u2019t do and he’s at all times fighting and running.<\/p>\n

\u2018I believe his understanding of the sport is amongst the perfect in his position.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Leandro Trossard featured repeatedly on the left wing last season (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sagna can have been getting carried away at several points here, including claiming that Arsenal don’t must strengthen in any areas, including left wing where they’ve bene strongly linked with making a signing.<\/p>\n

\u2018I’m pleased with [Leandro] Trossard and [Gabriel] Martinelli. Let\u2019s not forget Martinelli is 24. He\u2019s still very young and he’ll still improve and having Trossard in front of him will bring competition.<\/p>\n

\u2018Trossard as well, he\u2019s been scoring vital goals. I believe he\u2019s been really good and having a serious impact. I don\u2019t see the necessity for anyone else.<\/p>\n

\u2018Truthfully, the way in which I see the team now, they don\u2019t must add any players.\u2019<\/p>\n

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