Yesterday's post outlining what I felt were legitimate concerns over the rumoured appointment of Mikel Arteta as manager sparked some excellent discussion. Of course, as this is the Internet, there were extreme views one way or the other, but for most it's a nuanced situation. Potentially it could be a very clever decision in the circumstances; but equally it raises questions about how the people who run Arsenal view our future. Does this really speak to what Ivan Gazidis referred to as ‘an extraordinarily ambitious club' back in 2013 when he made that famous comparison to Bayern Munich? There was some debate last night as to whether he was speaking about being like them financially,...
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