Mikel Arteta and Per Mertesacker's Arsenal careers have always been intertwined. Both signed in the frenetic final days of the 2011 summer transfer window, the pair went on to become captain and vice-captain respectively. Now Arteta is our head coach, with Mertesacker our academy manager - and the German is sure we are heading back to better days under the Spaniard "I’m so delighted that Mikel has a place where he belongs, that’s my belief and that was my belief already as a player," Per told Arsenal Player.  "His leadership is fantastic and I felt it myself, just being vice-captain and learning from him, how to handle situations, how to man up, be the captain and show...
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