Morning all. ‘I was his vice-captain at Arsenal and he trusted me.’ ‘I was by his side during team meetings and we had a great bond. I’d love to work with him again, a top guy.’ That’s from Per Mertesacker talking about Mikel Arteta to FourFourTwo. I’m sure Mikel Arteta is a top guy and there’s no doubt he’d have learned a lot from Pep over the last couple of years and as much as I’m far from convinced he’s the right guy to replace Unai Emery, I’d welcome the change right now. But then I wasn’t dead set against Mourinho, not because I would love to see him at Arsenal, I’m just totally underwhelmed by Unai Emery. Eight games to save his job? Well I wouldn’t...
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