Anzac wrote:
Qwiss! wrote:
How many windows do people want to give Arteta before they accept that the squad is his? Almost no manager has a squad full of players they signed themselves but if its your 3rd season and you are keeping people, offering them new deals, etc then that's your squad. The excuses are getting ridiculous at this stage.
Only if it is the manager making all those decisions AND he's not being told it's either/or due to financial restrictions as in you can only have 1 or we need to sell 2-3 before we can buy = then IMO they are not 'his players' other than being inherited.
Almost every manager works within a budget and has to make decisions within the confines of the clubs financial situation. Arteta has been given more freedom, backing and say on these things that most. How many players has he truly been stuck with from previous managers? Pepe, Laca, Holding, Bellerin are the only ones I can think of who he didn't sign, extend, turn down offers for or choose over other viable options. No one he wanted to keep has been sold out from under him either.
If he can't work effectively with this much backing from the club then he'll never be able to do well here.
