Mikel Arteta hasn't always been as popular with Arsenal fans as he is now, particularly when it comes to the temperature of those supporters who make the loudest noise on social media.
Arteta has been the figurehead of a transformation in the Gunners squad but there have been some hard decisions to make during his three years at the Emirates, most notably the decision to get rid of Mesut Ozil and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Both were amongst the best players in the squad on their day and had an army of fans online. They were personalities who were as big as the club in the modern age, but Arteta could sense the damage they were doing and essentially forced both out.
