Jamie Redknapp
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The amount of times he picks it up in that little pocket, you know, where the right back will set it back to him and he hits that ball first time in between that corridor of uncertainty, as they call it, between the defence and the goalkeeper.
And it's just so inviting for the likes of Sergio Aguero, Jesus or whoever, you know, Raheem Sterling.
And he's just, his pass appreciation is his weight of pass.
are as good as anybody's I've seen.
I would say the best Premier League pass for the ball I've seen.
And I'd even say, you know, Beckham, Scholes, all of them, because he has the variation of passes.
Like Beckham was the best cross for the ball that I've seen.
But I think from a central area where he just slides those passes in and you think at times, how has he seen that?
You know, how on earth?
We're lucky with the commentary with Jamie and Gary and Graham.
He said, we have a few times to look at it.
He sees things in the blink of an eye.
And I think that's what sets him apart.
I just love the way that he plays.
He makes the game look so easy.
All the great players I've played with over the years, the likes of John Barnes, Paul Gascoigne, Scolzi, they look like they've got more time than anybody else.
And that's what he possesses.
It's like time stands still when he has the ball.
He always has that extra moment of just relaxation when everyone else around him is panicking.
And I think that's what sets him apart for me, Peter.