Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was delighted with Jurrien Timber's performance in their victory over the MLS Allstars.
The Gunners won comfortably 5-0 earlier today.
Arteta said: "I think you've seen tonight.
"He's a really versatile player. We can use him in different positions within those positions. He gives you the capacity to invert and occupy different spaces. He's so comfortable on the ball in that phase. As well he's got that aggression in the duels and that dynamism which I really like.
"You saw with his first action, high press won the ball straight away, won the duel and was ready to go. He is going to be a really important player for us."
Of the performance overall, Arteta also said: "We have to find that fluidity within the game. Sometimes it's hard to predict as a coach what's going to work, but sometimes they are sitting on that pitch and they are sitting at the table and they find that chemistry between them.
"In the first half with the way we started I think we were a bit suffocated with the weather and we started to give too many balls away, too many simple balls away. We couldn't control the game.
"But it's true that we were exceptional in both boxes today. Every time we got in the final third in good positions we put the ball in the back of the net and when we had to defend the ball in transition in big moments I think we defended really well as well."