By the time Arteta took over at Arsenal, the club had lost its identity. Back then, Gooners couldn’t recognise what their favourite club had turned into.
But after at least four years under Mikel Arteta, Arsenal are back to their old prestige; the club has become competitive and has reclaimed its big club status.
Top players now want to join, like Declan Rice, who snubbed Manchester City for them, while quality players aren’t even thinking of leaving, as seen with the likes of Bukayo Saka and William Saliba, who many top teams would have jumped at the chance of signing, and extending their deals.
What a job Arteta has done at Arsenal, and the massive improvement has been noted by the our ex-defender Phillipe Senderos, who spent 7 years under Arsene Wenger. He took his time to praise the work the Spaniard is doing at the Emirates.
“With the way that Mikel Arteta manages, you can see that the players do what he wants them to do,” said Senderos on talkSPORT.
“They have found that swag again, that type of Arsenal style that we want to see, and we have seen that in the last year.
“There is a real culture that he has brought back to the club
“When you go around the training ground, I have had a chance to go back; you can see pictures of what happened in the past; you can really see something is going on that creates a bond with the players.
“He is not only signing the best players; he is also creating an environment for them to perform. So, I think the Arsenal culture has come back, and this is the foundation.
“Then you bring in the players, they buy into it, and then hopefully you get the results.”
Arsenal have a big season ahead of them. The hope is that this time around, Martin Odegaard and Co. crown Arteta’s brilliant job at the Emirates with the PL title; they ought to win it for him.
Jack Anderson
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For those who care to listen, there you have it.well put phillipe!!!
The gaffer has been nothing but fantastic since he was appointed.
Apart from the five phases he promised to get the out fit to the top.
He appointed Nicolas Jover, his set-pieces specialist which will go down as a masterstroke in the gaffer managerial career.
The gaffer went on a mission and slashed the spiraling wage bill, the like of Ozil, Mustafi and Abayang have either been sold or loan, resulting drastically drop in the club monthly wage sheet.
Replacing Leno with Ramsdale , the
German is a fantastic goal keeper but lacks the distribution on dancing on his feet.
The gaffer has been instrumental in the signing of Rice and the world class Partey, all shrewd signing to eventually take us on par with the Citizens.
But empowering the youth could be the most important decision yet made in this Arsenal era, Saka, Martinelli, Magalhaes, Timber,Ramsdale Jesus and Saliba are all on long term contracts with Odegaard to follow closely
The gaffer has made a massive leap forward by securing European football, lots of fans have now come on board believing in the next phase of the process.