Former Manchester United star Gary Neville has named Arsenal’s Jurrien Timber as the best full-back in the Premier League.
He also believes that the Dutchman is the second-best in his position in world football.
Timber left Ajax to join Arsenal for a fee in the region of £38.5 million two years ago but could not make much impact in his first campaign due to an ACL injury.
After overcoming the challenge, the Dutchman played 48 games in all competitions for Arsenal last season and has been one of Mikel Arteta’s standout performers this season.
Neville feels that only Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal is better than Timber in the right-back position.
“What I was thinking last night watching Arsenal, I was watching Lewis-Skelly, obviously Timber played, you’ve got Ben White and Calafiori, I thought all Arsenal’s full-backs are better than Liverpool’s, all four of them, that’s a big problem for Liverpool,” Neville said on The Overlap.
“Timber is the best full-back in the league at the moment.
“I think Timber is almost, in my mind, I would class as being… do you know the guy that plays for Real Madrid? Carvajal. For me, he’s the best. And I think Timber’s the nearest to him at the moment, I see, in terms of being able to do that bit and do that bit, do the forward bit well enough, but definitely cuts everything off down his side.”
Arsenal are leading the race for the Premier League title this season and have been praised for the quality of the squad assembled by Mikel Arteta.