Former Arsenal player believes Arteta can make a difference

Former Arsenal player and pundit Charlie Nicholas has seen promise in Arteta’s abilities to be a successful Arsenal manager.

He believes that Arteta can really turn around the club and the team and has praised him for the same. Nicholas talks about how Arteta has already shown how important he can be for Arsenal.

“I hope it is a good news story for Mikel Arteta’s first game,” Nicholas said in his Sky Sports predictions.

“As much as I am pleased, Freddie Ljungberg will be most pleased that Arteta is in. His comments on the Mesut Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette situations were shameful. What was he saying?

“I will support all of the youngsters wholeheartedly, but the one thing I already like about Arteta is that he had them in on Sunday, which shows his leadership qualities already, to say this is poor and start straight away to get them in and rebuild.

“When Nicolas Pepe settles in, with Lacazette through middle, Arsenal are a really encouraging front three with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

“Arteta cannot sort the defence, and he will go with a more aggressive mentality, and this will begin to pay off in this match.”

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