Arsenal legend Tony Adams admits he's a big fan of Thomas Partey.

Adams rates Partey as a mix of two former teammates.

He told The Sun: “You need consistency and familiarity from playing together on a regular basis and that's what is happening with this Arsenal back four.

“But any defence is only as good as the protection from in front and my player of the season so far is Thomas Partey, because he's been out of this world.

“He's Patrick Vieira and Manu Petit rolled into one and I'm loath to bring attention to how well he's playing because I feel Arsenal have been getting away with it.

“If you don't put someone on him, he will dictate the game because he breaks things up for fun and gets the whole team playing.

"Having Partey playing every week after all his injury problems has released Martin Odegaard and means we don't have that crazy thing with Granit Xhaka trying to drop in at left-back to provide cover any more."