Gary Neville and Ian Wright disagree on Arsenal and Chelsea stars - 'not having that'

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Gary Neville and Ian Wright got into a debate about Arsenal and Chelsea ahead of the Premier League meeting between the two clubs

Ian Wright has disagreed with Gary Neville's verdict about Arsenal and Chelsea’s forward line, as the two clubs prepare to go head-to-head in the Premier League. The Gunners and the Blues will face each other at the Emirates Stadium as both clubs aim to continue their 100% start to the season.

Arsenal claimed victories in their opening matches against Coventry City and Aston Villa, while Chelsea defeated Fulham and Brighton in their first two games of the season in the Premier League.

Wright and Neville were part of Sky Sports' coverage of the match, as the duo debated the forward options available to both Mikel Arteta and Xabi Alonso.

Neville claimed that he thinks Mikel Arteta would rather have Chelsea's forward options than the players he currently has at his disposal at Arsenal.

> "If you say to Mikel Arteta: 'Would you swap your forward line for Chelsea's?' He would swap," Neville said.

> "He'd put [Morgan] Rogers, Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro up there in front of [Bukayo] Saka, [Kai] Havertz and [Ebere] Eze, he would.

> "So it's not the strongest part of Arsenal's team, but what he's done in defence and in midfield has become that good.

> "If you don't concede goals, you've got a great chance of winning nearly every single match. If you're conceding goals, you're going to lose more points."

Wright, though, disagreed with Neville’s viewpoint, with the Arsenal legend replying: "I'm not having that over Saka, Havertz and Eze. I'm not having that."

Neville then responded by saying: "You don't think he'd [Arteta] pick Rogers, Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro over those three [Havertz, Saka and Eze], Ian?"

Wright then replied: "Not for me, no." Neville then concluded the debate by saying: "Oh dear."

Arsenal added to their forward options this summer with the signing of Christos Tzolis, but did sanction the departures of Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus.

Chelsea, meanwhile, have also brought in reinforcements to their forward line, with Rogers being joined by Geovany Quenda, Danny Welbeck, Emmanuel Emegha and Dastan Satpaev in moving to Stamford Bridge before the deadline earlier this week.

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