{"id":130759,"date":"2023-09-22T09:01:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T09:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=130759"},"modified":"2023-09-22T09:01:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T09:01:42","slug":"former-tottenham-striker-picks-eleven-arsenal-stars-in-combined-north-london-derby-xi-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/former-tottenham-striker-picks-eleven-arsenal-stars-in-combined-north-london-derby-xi-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Tottenham striker picks ELEVEN Arsenal stars in combined North London derby XI | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
DARREN BENT's has picked ELEVEN Arsenal players in his combined team with Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n
The Gunners are set to take on their fierce rivals this weekend with both sides hoping to maintain their unbeaten starts to the Premier League season.<\/p>\n
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During the build-up to the game, many fans and pundits have picked their combined teams out of the players from each club.<\/p>\n
However, Bent has gone a different route, as his combined eleven is made up entirely of Arsenal players despite having played for Tottenham during his career.<\/p>\n
The former Prem star went for David Raya in goal and a backline of Oleksandr Zinchenko, William<\/span> Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes and Ben White.<\/p>\n Bent then opted for a midfield trio of Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard and Thomas Partey and an attack of Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This means the likes of James Maddison, Son Heung-min, Christian Romeo and Destiny Udogie have missed out despite being vital players for Spurs.<\/p>\n He told talkSPORT: "It's Arsenal.<\/p>\n "The reason I did not put Son in there is he scored a hat-trick player centre forward.<\/p>\n "Last season he was poor on the left."<\/p>\n <\/picture>FINAL WHISTLE <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>De-saster <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>HAMMERING IT DOWN <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>ACE DEATH SHOCK <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n FREE BETS – BEST BETTING OFFERS AND BONUSES NEW CUSTOMERS<\/strong><\/p>\n Maddison was the only other player from Tottenham that Bent considered, but he insisted that Odegaard was the better choice.<\/p>\n So far this season, the former Leicester City midfielder has outperformed the Norweigan with two goals and two assists.<\/p>\n Odegaard, however, has only scored two goals so far this campaign and has not provided a single assist.<\/p>\n Bent starred for Spurs between 2007 and 2009 as he netted 18 Premier League goals in 60 appearances.<\/p>\n ARSENAL TRANSFER NEWS LIVE: Stay up to date with all the latest transfer news and rumours from the Emirates<\/strong><\/p>\nREAD MORE ON ARSENAL<\/span><\/h2>\n
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