Ian Wright thinks that the Arsenal player on £240,000 a week is struggling to find his form and is ‘not quite himself’ right now.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta and his coaches have some thinking to do as the international break gets under way.

The Gunners started the Premier League season brightly, with two wins in their opening games, but then dropped two points in their meeting with Brighton.

Arsenal had taken the lead in the 38th minute thanks to a superb Kai Havertz goal from outside the box.

However, Declan Rice was shown a second yellow card on 49 minutes after ‘denying a restart’ against the Seagulls after he got tangled up with Joel Veltman.

Nine minutes later, Brighton were level as Joao Pedro fired home on the rebound from a saved Yankuba Minteh strike.

Arsenal were wasteful in the encounter, with Ian Wright sharing his concerns about one of the players looking below-par in the match.

Ian Wright worried about Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard

The player in question is Martin Odegaard, who was on the receiving end of a Minteh tackle and wasn’t the same afterwards.

Wright, speaking on the Wrighty’s House podcast, said the £240,000-a-week ace (Spotrac) looked “a little bit off-form”, though he acknowledged the tackle may have played a part.

“I thought Odegaard was a little bit off-form, just a little bit not quite himself,” said the Highbury icon.

Co-host Ryan Hunn suggested the Arsenal captain may have suffered a knock, something Wright agreed with.

“Even in the first half when the ball came across for him to volley in, he didn’t take it very well,” added Wright.