Gary Neville believes Mikel Arteta has been very successful in earning Arsenal’s trust despite leading the team to a title-less season in the past five seasons. Arsenal
have faced another painful end this season after Liverpool’s status was definitely guaranteed, including their performance in the Champions League, which fell short of their dreams and ended in the semi-finals.
Although the Gunners have not won any trophies since lifting the FA Cup in 2020, Neville took the opportunity to praise Mikel Arteta’s trust despite not winning any trophies.
“I think it’s a great achievement to not win trophies for five years and still be the manager of a top club without any pressure from us, from anyone in football or even the Arsenal fans,” Neville told ทางเข้า UFABET สำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ สมัครวันนี้ รับโบนัสฟรี Sports.
“So I think that’s an incredible achievement because we think about how much time has passed since then. That they’ve been able to endure that much.”
Asked by fellow pundit Jamie Carragher whether he thought Arteta should be under pressure, Neville was less convinced.
“No, I think it’s a good thing that if you don’t win anything for five years, ideally the manager should be under pressure because it tells you exactly how far the team has progressed. “
I was delighted when Arteta said in his press conference on Friday they had a regression in the Premier League,” Neville added.
“They’ve had a little bit of a knock in the last month or so from the Champions League and that has taken some of the pressure off them a little bit from the poor league they’re doing, 13-14 points behind Liverpool. Which is 13-14 points behind where they were last season and the season before. “
They’ve missed a striker unfortunately, they’ve missed a midfield player who can pass the ball and we think [Martin] Zubimendi can come to Arsenal. “
They’ve got to deal with that – [Thomas] Partey is not good at that, Declan Rice proved in the first leg at PSG he’s not good at that. He’s better at going forward.
“So in those two key positions, they need two up front and they need one in midfield, but up front, they’ve only signed one up front in seven seasons as a football club. “
I’ve been arguing this all season, it’s ridiculous that they’ve left Mikel Arteta, or Arteta himself, without that many players. They’ve spent £750m and signed one up front.