Mikel Arteta asked himself if he was the right man to manage Arsenal after their Premier League title failure - and if he had the desire to continue.
The Gunners were top of the table for much of last season before eventually succumbing to Manchester City’s pressure, denying them a first crown in two decades.
Despite it being an overall positive season for an Arsenal team few expected to go so far, Arteta was left soul-searching over the summer as a result.
When asked by reporters to sum up his summer, he replied: “The first few weeks, very tough.
“The first thing you have to do is look in the mirror and understand - is there something that you should have done better or differently? If that is the case then learn from it.
“Judge yourself, ‘Are you still the right person to drive the club, the team, forwards in the way that you want and do you have that energy and that belief that you want to do it?’.
“It took a big reflection, but the answer is yes and I feel with a lot of energy and positiveness.”
