Mikel Arteta was known in Arsenal's dressing room as "Arsene Wenger's son"

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was always destined to become manager of the Gunners one day, as it's been revealed that he was known as 'Wenger's son' during his playing days at the club.Arteta was signed by Arsene Wenger in 2011 and spent five years at Arsenal before retiring in 2016, but he was back at the Emirates soon after, taking on the role as head coach in December 2019.

The Gunners have struggled in the wake of Wenger's departure, but Arteta is leading the rebuild, and top four is still possible this season.There will never be another manager quite like Wenger, and Arsenal is certainly a different place without their most successful boss of all-time.

But perhaps Arteta is more like the Frenchman than first thought, as former Arsenal star Emmanuel Frimpong told Daily Star Sport that he was known as 'Wenger's son' around the training ground back in the day.Arteta was a well loved player at Arsenal well before he stepped into the dugout.

But his transition from player to manager came as no surprise to former Arsenal star Frimpong, who knew that he would one day be in Wenger's seat.Frimpong spoke exclusively with Daily Star Sport courtesy of BoyleXtra and said: "No surprise, he was the type of person that I knew would be manager one day as he never stopped, never stopped learning.