Khalid Boulahrouz provides the warning via PSV Fans<\/a>insisting that Arsenal\u2019s talented squad could be a major problem for the 25-year-old.<\/p>\nBoulahrouz has been speaking about the PSV forward this week on Rondo. Sport Witness have already covered his comments, advising the player to look at a move to Tottenham this summer.<\/p>\n
Arsenal competition too great<\/h2>\n
And, as part of that conversation, he also advised against a move to their rivals Arsenal. The former Dutch defender feels Saibari could find himself sidelined quickly at the Emirates.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would go to a team where I would be important,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201c(At Arsenal) you end up in midfield with Eberechi Eze, with Martin \u00d8degaard, you name it. It\u2019s going to be a tight squeeze.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough I\u2019m not saying he can\u2019t handle that level. But look at Tijjani Reijnders at (Manchester) City. That\u2019s a tight squeeze too. You\u2019ll end up in the Premier League quite easily. Or maybe Spain.<\/p>\n
\u201cBorussia Dortmund? I think that\u2019s a nice team for him too. That would suit Saibari well,\u201d concluded the former Dutch international.<\/p>\n
Arsenal links aren\u2019t new<\/h2>\n
Boulahrouz\u2019s comments certainly fly in the face of what his fellow analysts in the Netherlands have been saying for some time.<\/p>\n
Rene van der Gijp, for example, has been on a one-man mission to get Ismael Saibari to Arsenal since 2024.<\/p>\n
He first backed the forward for the move at that point and then doubled down on it again last year. Then he was back at it in February this year, with the move appearing to become something of an obsession for him.<\/p>\n
Boulahrouz, though, seems to think differently. His feeling seems to be that the forward needs to head to the middle of the Premier League, not the top. His argument about competition for places at Arsenal is certainly a valid one.<\/p>\n
The question, though, is who wants Saibari this summer. His stock is certainly high, and the growing consensus is that he will leave PSV Eindhoven in the coming months.<\/p>\n
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