George Graham is pleased with Mikel Arteta’s work at Arsenal and advised to offload Mesut Ozil.
In his first season with the Gunners as a manager, Mikel Arteta won the FA Cup since taking the job back in December.
Arsenal won their first game against Manchester United at Old Trafford after 14 long years but surprisingly suffered a 3-0 defeat to Aston Villa.
Former Arsenal manager George Graham has been satisfied with Arteta’s work so far.
‘I’m very pleased with what he’s done recently,’ Graham told talkSPORT.
‘He’s already won cups and he’s only been there two minutes.
‘I like the way he’s trying to play out a bit more. I was very strong defensively and it worked for me. We won a lot of games by the odd goal.
‘I like the way they’re playing under Arteta. He brought in a very strong midfield player [Thomas Partey] and a defender [Gabriel] from Brazil.
‘It looks to me that he’s spending their money – which is not a lot – very well.’
Graham slammed the board for mishandling Ozil’s contract and insisted Arteta to get rid of the German midfielder.
‘It’s very difficult,’ Graham added.
‘The first thing you say is, ‘who is the person who sorted the contract?’
‘Did the rest of the board see that contract and agree to it? That was a bad decision.
‘We’ve got to try and get rid of him and pay half his wages if he goes to another club, but even then it’s too expensive.
‘He’s got to be in a team that’s dominating games and he’s got to be on the ball as much as possible.
‘Without the ball… just no. He is definitely lacking, not even at the top level. Without the ball he’s not good enough. With the ball he can be good enough, but he has to be in a good team.
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