Pablo Mari gives an honest verdict on Arteta’s tactics after loan exit

Pablo Mari joined Serie A side Udinese on loan.

The defender signed a four-year contract in the summer of 2020 with Arsenal after initially joining the club on a six-month loan.

He has been down the pecking order after the arrivals of players like Gabriel Magalhaes and Ben White.

Mari had an honest conversation with Arteta regarding game time and the manager explained 28-year old is not part of his plans this season.

“In the winter, we made commitments together,” Mari told ESPN. “I explained my situation to him, my feelings. I don’t play in the last six months.

“[He said] the plan in the next six months until June is going to be the same. I can play, of course, because maybe other centre-backs get injured, there can be a red card or yellow cards, but it is going to be one, two, maximum three or four games.

“In the end, I don’t want that for me.”

He added: “[Arteta] was a really, really, really good person in that moment. He said to me ‘Everything that you need, you deserve that. You were a professional player until the end and you deserve it so everything I can help you, I’m going to do it.’

“I’m so glad to hear that from a coach because it was not an easy moment for me.”

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