MANAGER GLAD TO SIGNATURE ‘EXCELLENT’ £17M PLAYER FROM ARSENAL
Albert Sambi Lokonga, an Arsenal loanee, is having success with Luton Town after making a ‘fantastic’ Premier League debut last weekend.
A player of genuine quality in Albert Sambi Lokonga can only aid The Hatters’ hopes of getting some much-needed points on the board sooner rather than later. Rob Edwards’ team is improving week after week, with their defensive organization improving by leaps and bounds since that opening day battering by Brighton.
A Belgium international and formerly the captain of Anderlecht, Lokonga arrived on loan from an Arsenal side who paid £17 million to bring him to the Emirates two years earlier.
And the 23-year-old – with his poise in possession and his intelligent use of the ball – is already proving himself to be a stand-out in a rather workmanlike Luton exit.
Arsenal’s Albert Lokonga impressing at Luton town
“I thought (Lokonga) was excellent,” Edwards says, via Yardbanker; the deadline day signing making his Luton bow in that 1-0 defeat by Fulham last time out.
Lokonga, a member of the Belgian national team and a former captain of Anderlecht, joined the Emirates on loan from an Arsenal team that had paid £17 million to get him there two years prior.
Sambi Lokonga Albert
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And the 23-year-old is already establishing himself as a standout in a relatively unremarkable Luton exit thanks to his calmness in possession and his shrewd use of the ball.
Albert Lokonga of Arsenal makes an impression at Luton Town
According to Edwards, who signed Lokonga on deadline day and made his Luton debut in the 1-0 loss to Fulham last time out, “I thought (Lokonga) was excellent,” according to Yardbanker.
