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It’s like comparing Dembele to Dele and thinking Dele was the better player even though he clearly has worse stats for passing, dribbling, tackling, duels, interceptions etc. This is how ridiculous the "Xhaka is better than Hojbjerg" claims are.You can’t really compare this season as they’re playing in two very different systems.
So far this year Xhaka has been given more freedom to move forward and is playing a similar role to how PEH plays for Denmark (where he regularly impresses) this is very different to his role for us.
For us this season PEH is used to close down passing channels and press while out of possession and circulate the ball into wide areas / backwards while in possession.
It’s like comparing Dembele to Dele and thinking Dele was the better player as he scored more goals
EDIT:
It's actually far more ridiculous than that, as:
- Both players have scored 2 goals in 9 PL games so far this season (i.e. Xhaka has not scored more), while Xhaka has played slightly more minutes.
- Hojbjerg has more goals per game, more assists per game and therefore more goal contributions per game in a Spurs shirt than Xhaka has in an Arsenal shirt.
- Since Hojbjerg joined Spurs (2020-present) he has more goals and more assists than Xhaka, and more goal contributions per game.
- Hojbjerg has more goal contributions per game for Denmark than Xhaka has for Switzerland.
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