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Alex Iwobi is a blend of Jay Jay Okocha and Edgar Davids, insists Arsenal team-mate Ozil

What do you get if you cross the natural flair and skill of Jay Jay Okocha with the grit, passing ability and positional sense of Dutch legend Edgar Davids?

The answer, according to Mesut Ozil, is his Arsenal team-mate Alex Iwobi.

Aged just 20, winger Iwobi has enjoyed an impressive start to the season on the Gunners' left, creating three goals in five games for Arsene Wenger's side after giving the Frenchman an extra attacking option.

Arsenal's Alex Iwobi has contributed three assists at the start of the Premier League season
That has led to Mesut Ozil comparing him to both Jay Jay Okocha and midfielder Edgar Davids
Okocha is the uncle of Alex Iwobi
Okocha is Iwobi's uncle, while Davids was amidfielder who played for major European clubs
Edgar Davids played for Ajax, Juventus, Barcelona and Tottenham during his career

Okocha, formally of Paris Saint-Germain and Bolton is Iwobi's uncle and Ozil sees plenty of family resemblance in his young team-mate.