Former Manchester United defender and Sky Sports pundit, Gary Neville, has expressed his belief that Arsene Wenger can transform Danny Welbeck into a fearsome finisher like Thierry Henry.
Welbeck grabbed his first professional hat-trick, as Arsenal defeated Galatasaray 4-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Neville, who played with Welbeck at Old Trafford, has said when once the 23-year-old finds his feet, he will get a “bagful of goals”
“I think it’s consistency for Danny, consistency in a number of areas,” Neville said on Sky Sports. “One, just playing, he said it himself, playing as a centre-forward regularly, he was in and out of United’s team and he was in and out of playing centre-forward, he was playing left and right wing.
“And then obviously the biggest thing, his centre-forward play for outside the box is sensational, his work-rate, his touch, it’s just that consistency of finishing and I think that will come from confidence and belief. It’s making sure that when he gets in that left channel he has a finish, when he gets one-on-one with the goalkeeper in a central area he has a finish.
“He’s unplayable at times, he’s a nightmare. He plays against John Terry and Gary Cahill on Sunday – they will not want to play against him. He’s quick, he’s strong, it’s just the last bit has got to be delivered more consistently.
“It was top centre-forward play tonight and if he can get goals more consistently to his game you have got a real top-class centre-forward there.
“What Arsene Wenger did when Thierry Henry came to Arsenal, people forget at Monaco… I played against him as a 17-year-old, he was very raw, he played as a left winger… in fact his control was poor, he wasn’t a goalscorer in those early years, however when he went to Arsenal it just completely took off for him.
“They were Thierry Henry goals and I’m not going to compare him to Thierry Henry because he’s one of the best players in the world and one of the best players we ever had in the Premier League. But if Arsene Wenger can work with Danny Welbeck in the same way he did with Thierry Henry he will get an absolute bagful of goals.”
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