Mikel Arteta Believes FA Cup Success Will Instil Winning Mentality Into This Arsenal Squad

Mikel Arteta has outlined the importance of winning the FA Cup with this current Arsenal side.

The last silverware the Gunners won was the FA Cup in 2017. Things have deteoriated rather quickly with the club dropping out of the Champions League and now, tenth in the Premier League table.

Arteta believes it is his job to revitalise the winning strategy that was present in the club before. He said, “I think winning brings togetherness and when you have beautiful experiences together and you win trophies, those experiences stay within that group.

“You like more the people you work with and you believe more in them and share some fantastic moments and that stays. That habit of winning, winning and winning. After you win, you don’t want to stop winning and you become addicted to that and that is what we have to try and implement at this club.”

He added, “When I arrived here, obviously we were trying to fight for the Premier League, but at the time we didn’t quite have the level to sustain it every year so the cups become very important.

“This club has a massive history with that and it was eight years without winning absolutely anything, so for us to lift that first FA Cup was a massive relief. It generated a really good belief and unity around our team and that helped that group of players to achieve what they achieved later when they won other cups.”

He admitted, “It is too powerful, with the fanbase we have, our history and the great players they have seen and the great teams they have seen, if we get that connected it is so powerful. Without that, I think it is impossible to do it.”

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