Mikel Arteta has given his players a few days off before the squad reassemble on Thursday in Dubai for a warm weather training camp. He says of this Winterlull: It’s good to go away. The players have been through a lot. The last two or three months have been tough for them so I want to give them a few days off. I suspect that in general sympathy for them and how ‘tough' it's been will be in short supply, given our league position, our results, and the contribution of some which hasn't been quite at the level we might like. However, as much as we look at players as robotic performers of whom much is demanded, I think we have to remember they are human and that it probably has been...
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