After losing the Premier League, Mikel Arteta unexpected low blow to Arsenal FC

What Mikel Arteta has done with Arsenal has been extremely important. After being criticized in his first year, the Spanish coach has managed to build a really competitive team with very interesting young players. In the previous season, he came close to winning the Premier League. However, now, unexpectedly, he gives a low blow to his own team.

Second place in the Premier League, plus an FA Cup and a Community Cup, are not the only achievements of Mikel, who, since his arrival, has revalued the 'gunner' squad by 369 million euros. Arsenal has reached a total market value of 976 million euros. The player has really built a solid squad that will return to the UEFA Champions League next season.

Speaking to MARCA, Mikel Arteta confessed that his idea for the current project started even in his last days as Pep Guardiola's assistant. It started three years ago. I was Pep's assistant at City, we were playing against Arsenal and I saw that the soul of the club had been lost. There was no enjoyment, no feeling. I knew there was the option of, soon after, being in the other dugout and I knew that this club is so big that we had to connect team-fans.

What did Mikel Arteta have to say about the Arsenal FC players?

Speaking to the club's official media, the Arsenal coach was asked about the constant search for Manchester City players for his team, such as Gabriel Jesus or Zinchenko. In that sense, the coach confessed that these are the best players in the world and that is what he wants for his team. In this way, he underestimated a bit the product coming from the club's academy.