Ralph Hasenhuttl, Southampton manager Came out to confirm that Ainsley Maitland-Niles The midfielder, on loan from Arsenal. He has a lot to do in order to get himself into the first team.
Maitland-Niles Moved to the Saints team on a season-long loan contract on the deadline. And made his debut as a substitute in the game against Wolves.
However, the 25-year-old midfielder was not named in the club’s recent 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa. Which Hasenhuttl described as Maitland-Niles. Still need to improve while playing without the ball.
“We have a lot of work with Ainsley to do as well. Because he had to adapt to our ufabet game And this is something that will take some time.”
“We also saw during the week what we asked him to do. and especially in the midfield position It takes a little time to understand how we want to play.”
“It doesn’t make sense to put people on the pitch who aren’t ready for what we want to do. when he is ready and at the level we think he should be He will definitely help us.”
Speaking to HampshireLive last week, Walker-Peters expressed his desire to be a captain one day, insisting he had begun giving his opinions in team meetings and taking a bigger role in decision-making both on and off the field.