Mikel Arteta’s time at Arsenal has been heavily scrutinised since he took over as manager of the club in 2019 from the sacked Unai Emery.
It was certainly a risky appointment by the Arsenal board as Arteta came into the role highly inexperienced having never managed a team at the top-level in his youthful coaching career.
However, this isn’t the first time Stan Kroenke has done this as he followed a similar strategy with his NFL side, LA Rams, who are set to play in the Super Bowl on Sunday evening.
