Following the 2020/21 season, fresh off of Arsenal's second successive eighth-placed finish, the pressure was well and truly on manager Mikel Arteta.
In his first-ever managerial role, the credit he had stored from the FA Cup triumph of 2020 was all but gone and even the most optimistic of fans must have been starting to wonder if Arteta was cut out to lead a club of this stature. What followed in the summer transfer window of 2021 proved he had exactly what it takes.
The Spaniard was under intense scrutiny to ensure he landed all of the targets that the majority of the fanbase wanted and anything less would have been yet another blemish on his record.
