Mikel Arteta believes that bringing a broken Arsenal back together as a club is “much more powerful” than trophies, but can now be the launchpad to become a team that can start achieving the 100-point seasons necessary to compete. The Basque coach spoke of how the manager responsible for such standards, Pep Guardiola, gave him an “incredible lesson” by regularly revealing to Arteta how he thought about the game when they worked together at Manchester City.
The 42-year-old was speaking in a hugely expansive interview for the latest edition of the new BT Sport podcast, ‘Michael Calvin’s Football People’, where he also discussed mental health, how he is part of a coach’s discussion group with Eddie Jones and the importance of Arsenal again having a proper community connection.
