Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink reckons Mikel Arteta made a grave mistake by getting rid of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in January questioning the Arsenal boss' no-nonsense policy'.
The Spaniard had a public fallout with the Gabon international as he was stripped of the club captaincy and banished from the first team before eventually joining Barcelona with his contract terminated.
Arsenal failed to bring in a replacement as Dusan Vlahovic rejected the Gunners in favour of a switch to Juventus, leaving Arteta with only two recognised no.9s in Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah who are both out of contract in the summer.