‘Relentless’: Player Arsenal let go is having amazing World Cup, national media are now raving about him

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Plenty of Arsenal fans will be celebrating a number of their stars progressing to the knockout stages of the World Cup yesterday.

Although Bukayo Saka was rested, England cruised into the last-16 against Wales.

The USA also recorded a vital 1-0 win against Iran to progress, and the American media has reacted to their performance.

Matt Turner kept his second clean sheet of the tournament.

He’s yet to be beaten from open play, having only seen a Gareth Bale penalty put past him.

It’s the first time since 1930 that the USA have managed to keep consecutive clean sheets at the World Cup.

Mikel Arteta will be very pleased with his performances so far, but one of Turner’s teammates will be making Arteta wish he never left the club.

Midfielder Yunus Musah left Arsenal’s academy in 2019 to move to Valencia.

He’s since switched allegiances from England to the USA and started tearing La Liga up.

Musah is now having a great World Cup having started all three group games.

The central midfielder has partnered Leeds star Tyler Adams in the middle of the pitch brilliantly.

Judging by the reaction from the American media, he’s going to be a very important player for their last-16 match against the Netherlands on Saturday.

Ex-Arsenal youngster Musah having a great World Cup

Musah’s ratings from last night’s game ranged from an 8.5 to a six out of 10.

NBC Sports were his biggest fans, saying:  “It’s fair to say the U.S. hasn’t had as a complete a midfield duo in Musah and Adams in two decades, if not longer. Musah was monstrous.”

Meanwhile, CBS Sports were his harshest critics: “6/10. Pretty solid, but there was always a worry he would give the game away with poor passing.

“He did not get to split the lines with his dribbling, but the hustle and heart was there to set the tone with this tackles and pressure.”

Finally, USA Today’s Pro Soccer Wire landed somewhere in the middle of their other two ratings.

“7.5. Musah and the rest of the USMNT midfield were given a tough task in this one,” the American publication said.

“However, the U.S. dominated the first half in particular, and a lot of that came down to what is arguably Musah’s most relentless performance for Berhalter’s side.

“He was in the thick of everything they were doing early. Creating a chance for Pulisic in the 11th minute, firing a shot over the bar, and even finding moments to peel wide right.

“Once the game became more conservative, he was able to bring that as well, contributing three successful tackles and 11 recoveries.”

Musah hasn’t ruled out Arsenal return

Musah is having a great World Cup, and Arsenal fans will be glad to hear he’s not ruled out a possible return one day.

Turner has been seriously impressed with Musah during their time together with the USA.

Arteta might be hoping he can start convincing him that he needs to return to The Emirates.

A superb dribbler, Musah would be another option in Granit Xhaka’s number eight role.

However, there are question marks over his passing ability.