Kel Varnsen wrote:
Arteta isn't our biggest issue. I don't think there is a manager out there who could turn this squad into anything more than a decent team atm. The squad is bad. Mid table stuff.
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon | An Arsenal blog written by Arsenal fans for Arsenal fans.
"Arsenal’s biggest problem is that the core group of players that have been with the club for the last 3 and a bit seasons are simply not good enough, and firstly Emery and then Arteta are paying the price.
We have amassed a squad of players that is lacking in quality, lacking in consistency and lacking in the right attitude.
And the issue is that due to the money that they are on and the length of contracts handed out, both Emery and Arteta, alongside Raul Sanllehi and Edu, have struggled to move them on.
That means neither Emery or Arteta have been able to build the squad they want. They have had to utilise the legacy players mainly bought in during Arsene Wenger’s later years, who have proved for some time that they are not god enough.
Now this is not a blog blaming Wenger for everything that has gone wrong.
He sanctioned the signing of some of those players, contracts were agreed by Ivan Gazidis, recruitment by Sven Mislintat. And Emery, Arteta, Sanllehi and Edu have not had perfect records of bringing players in.
But we have a good dozen or so players that need to be shipped out, and most of them pre-date Wenger leaving."
https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/players/arsenal-mikel-arteta-xhaka-midfield-19373458
"Defender Gabriel came striding out from the back to intercept possession back for the home side only for midfielder Granit Xhaka, who has been linked with a move to Inter Milan as part of a swap deal concerning Eriksen, to pass the ball back almost 30 yards towards his own goal."