Adrian Durham has managed to say the one thing that’s even more clueless than England’s final 30 minutes at this years World Cup — blaming Arsenal for England’s failures and questioning Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice’s commitment.
“Arsenal lied about Saka’s fitness.
Arsenal overplayed Rice.
Saka and Rice need to choose Country over Club.
Blame Arsenal for England’s exit.”
Imagine accusing the same Saka who has played through injuries, been kicked black and blue for club and country, stepped up after Euro 2020, and never once hid from wearing an England shirt.
Imagine questioning Rice, a player who’s barely missed a game in years and has run himself into the ground every time he’s pulled on the Three Lions shirt.
The checklist inside Durham’s head when England underachieve:
❌ Don’t question the tactics.
❌ Don’t question the coaching.
❌ Don’t question the selections.
✅ Blame Arsenal.
It’s pathetic, even for Adrian Durham
Arsenal are good enough to be blamed for England’s failures but never given credit for producing two of England’s best players.
Funny how that works.
Saka and Rice don’t need lectures about loyalty from a, washed up pundit chasing relevancy.
If England keep wasting generational talent, that’s on the people picking the team and setting them up—not the club that turned them into elite footballers.
The only thing Adrian Durham exposed with those comments was how desperate he is to manufacture an anti-Arsenal narrative, because actual football analysis is clearly too difficult.
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durham was never ever relevant.he never ever will be relevant.
Durham has always been, and always will be, a whiny Arsenal hating parasite. How he has a career in football punditry is beyond belief.
When I saw the headlines I didn’t click on it, I never do, I just laughed and thought ‘ There goes old fatso, looking to wind up the Arsenal fans and generate an anti-Arsenal narrative’. It’s what he does and has done for many years as he desperately holds onto any relevance as his position at Talk Garbage fades away. It’s all about clicks so if you clicked on it then you’ve put money in his obese pocket. Don’t engage and don’t click, it’s the only way to rid ourselves of these parasites.