Arsenal still ring true under Mikel Arteta. The former PSG and Sevilla manager was sacked by the club in November 2019 and replaced by then Manchester City coach Arteta, who won the FA Cup in his debut season as a manager.
Despite that positive step, the Gunners have been far from their best during the current Premier League season, winning four and losing four across their first eight fixtures.
With Emery now impressing with Villarreal, the comments he made about the attitude of some of his players in north London have been compared with Arteta’s words on Sunday evening.“Arsenal was a club on a downward slope for two years before I arrived,” said Emery in February.“We stopped this fall and even began to rebuild the club with the Europa.
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