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Arsenal manager Edu has given his full support to coach Mikel Arteta after his disappointing start to the season.
In a rare and comprehensive interview, the Brazilian administrator highlighted the need for stability in the Emirates after almost three years of turmoil following the departure of Arsene Wenger.
The former Gunners midfielder addressed the club’s plans for the January transfer window, Arsene Wenger’s return to Emirates Stadium and the question of Mesut Ozil’s role at the club.
This is what Edu said:
On what went wrong since last season …
That’s the main question, right? If you look at the way we ended last season and the way we started this season. It is very strange to be where we are now. Nothing really changed massively.
Since Mikel joined here, we continue working the same. But again, results drive people.
Mikel is doing a great job, he’s really doing well here. The players believe, the staff enjoy it, everyone believes and everyone tries to be positive here on a daily basis.
So nothing has really changed, just the results since the Aston Villa match – we started to perform in a way that we have never done before. But if you see the last two results, probably the last three, it is in the very small details that we lose.
I know asking Arsenal for patience is very strange because everyone has said it for a long, long time.
But I’m here today to give you the word that everything is fine internally, but the results are not coming, but I think we will change it very soon.
On how important it is to support the manager …
I think the club needs stability at the moment, we have faced so many changes. It’s not about Edu, Mikel, it’s about stability. Now is the time to try to be a stable club in the old sense: externally and internally, we need it.
Since we got here we have been changing, changing, changing, now is the time to be stable and together at the same time. If we are not talking about patience with Mikel, it would be very unfair to him.
Because what year we have faced. Preseason challenges, three months without football games, many things changing at the club.
And I want to tell the fans because the way we are working, the way we are building something here in training ground, I see the players and they all believe in what we are doing.
In the January transfer window …
Good question, thank you very much. I will say why. Why don’t we talk about something externally. We are here to solve the problem. We have the team, we have the squad, we have the coach, we have the staff, all in the right place to change it.
Why do people have to wait for a magician to say “boom! Come here Messi!” No. It is up to us. No, we have to take this responsibility, it is not about me, it is not about Mikel, it is our responsibility to change him.
People might start asking, ‘what are you going to do in the winter window?’ Of course we will try to do something but listen, we have a responsibility to change it. Don’t wait for someone from the outside to come in and be a magician because that’s not going to happen.
On staff disciplinary problems …
This is something important to mention also because it means that you have to be here and be prepared to face that situation because sometimes you get excited, then you react, the way you don’t need to react and sometimes you make a mistake like them. Have done.
Mikel is in charge, of course, he is talking to the players, telling them that we need all the players so we need 11 players to play against 11 because it is very difficult to play 11 without 11 against any club in England.
The players must have to understand but Mikel is in charge of that, they talk a lot with the players and they must understand the importance of not behaving like that.
In Mesut Ozil …
Mikel talks a lot about him, but what can I tell you? The whole situation, the whole conversation, the whole explanation, for him was face to face.
That makes me feel comfortable because I spoke to him, Mikel spoke to his agent, I spoke to his agent about some possibilities, not fights, just some things to try to help each other.
The way we see his future at the club, the way we see it here. It is quite clear. What makes me feel comfortable, that we deal with the situation, man to man, nobody hides anything, and Mikel explained a lot to them.
About William Saliba …
Saliba, you came here after a very challenging year. He was injured, he didn’t play as many games as people really know, he has had some personal problems with his family.
Then he switched to here, but what people expected of him was to be on top, ready to play, ready to play, but he’s still 19 years old. He needs a little time and when you start to see his position on the field there are probably three or four players that we see in front of him and they will play more games.
We need to prepare him to play and, of course, he is training, playing with the Under 23 and now we are faced with the situation of whether he will stay as he is now or we are going to lend him to do some proper games and then he will come back.
On inviting Wenger back to the Emirates …
It would be unfair for me to say that, it is a level higher than mine. But it’s very simple, when you need strong people and good character, I have nothing bad to say about Arsene, so if he is around it would be good.
Usually we sometimes need someone like him to talk. Sometimes I call people, Mikel calls good people for advice and it’s always good to have great men around you.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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