Several Arsenal fans have expressed their belief that Rob Holding still has a future at the club, despite seeing him seemingly fall down the pecking order in recent weeks.
The 24-year has barely featured for the Gunners this season, playing just 14 times across all competitions, five of which were for the club’s Under-23s side.
Following a lengthy injury last season, Holding returned to fitness at the beginning of the current campaign, although at that point he had fallen behind Sokratis, David Luiz, Shkodran Mustafi and Calum Chambers in the pecking order.
With William Saliba set to move to the Emirates in the summer, while January loan star Pablo Mari could also make his loan move permanent, and not to mention the recent links to Dayot Upamecano, there has been some debate about where Holding could fit in.
However, a number of Arsenal supporters have defended his spot in Mikel Arteta’s squad, claiming he can have a part to play next season.
Twitter: @PatrickTimmons1 Good player especially if he is ready to play as a back up. Not a bad 4th-5th choice to have in th… https://t.co/SfdZIt6Q6X (@SemperFiArsenal)
Twitter: @PatrickTimmons1 No clue why people are wanting to sell him. He’s still relatively young for a centre back, he’s ju… https://t.co/DXamtIDo29 (@Parmenidic)
Twitter: @PatrickTimmons1 keep him, no need to sell, sell the older ones like sokratis (@thearjunav)
Twitter: @PatrickTimmons1 Be patient and give him a run of games to prove himself before making a decision (@marni__sc)
Twitter: @PatrickTimmons1 Needs to be given more time and patience can’t write him off already just because of a long term injury (@AFC_Geo)
Twitter: @PatrickTimmons1 Baffled by the criticism here. Our best CB for a good 2-3 months before his injury vs. Man Utd.… https://t.co/5sRujyglZn (@Joe_Nelson1994)
