Sambi leader: While the rest bury their heads in the sand, Lukonga speaks to the media after defeat | foreign football

Despite the defeat, Sambi Lokonga’s debut was promising. Solid, claiming the ball, with little or no fouls. He saved the most amazing post-match moments. The former Anderlecht player – for 20 million for Arsenal – came to explain it to the cameras of Sky Sports – the Premier League rights holder – and other international rights holders. Neither captain Granit Xhaka nor veterans Bernd Leno and Callum Chambers – have been with the club for years.

So when the press secretary asked to speak to reporters, Lokonga didn’t say no. In general, Belgians are very much required to be sent to the media – they are trained to know what to say and especially what not to say. But it also makes clear that Sambi’s leadership is not ignoring the press official after his rather poor first appearance.

In Anderlecht he was the real leader of a young group. The man who took them side by side and on the field as an extension of Vincent Kompany to keep claiming a place in the playoff game 1. At Arsenal, his character is not going to change. “I watch a lot of documentaries about great leaders. To see how they act when their team suffers. The series about Michael Jordan on Netflix (‘The Last Dance’, editor) inspired me,” he previously said of that character. to our newspaper.

The 21-year-old newcomer should come and tell Ho is an accurate description of the lack of naturalness in Arsenal’s dressing room. The rest had their heads in the sand. Sambi was able to rate himself more because of that.