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Will Freeman

James Maddison shows why Arsenal wanted to complete transfer with brilliant Man Utd moment

On Saturday evening, James Maddison produced a sublime assist to set up Kelechi Iheanacho's header in his side's 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.

With United breaking on the front foot through Fred, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall won the ball back for the Foxes, playing in Maddison on the left flank, who produced a wonderful left-footed cross to put the ball on a plate for Iheanacho to score.

Maddison also scored a disallowed goal, which could have been a winner with ten minutes to play, but this took nothing away from a brilliant display.

The Gunners were linked with the former Norwich City man last summer but instead opted to sign Martin Odegaard for £31 million - half the price of the £60 million Maddison.

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However, with the prospect of another summer midfield overhaul at the Emirates, it could be Maddison who is added to the side and based on Twitter activity after Saturday's assist, it would be a popular move for the fanbase.

One user, GiantGooner wrote: "James Maddison doing the work for Arsenal, and we didn't even have to spend £60m on him."

Meanwhile, Arm_Of-Bucky added: "Maddison is class. Arsenal fans who trash on him just because Odegaard is fantastic as well are just plain annoying. Two players can be brilliant at the same time."

Odegaard has produced wonderful performances in recent weeks. The former Real Madrid prodigy showed why he was hailed as a wonderkid when he made his breakthrough in Norway at just 15 years of age.

Arsenal blog The Short Fuse added to the reaction, and they wrote: "Have tossed plenty of shade in James Maddison's direction w/r/t #Arsenal (rightly) going for Ødegaard instead.

"But my word, that's as good of a pass as you'll see all season."

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