It‘s been six years now since Mikel Arteta decided to come back to his former club and take his place in the dugout. Arsenal‘s rebuild after Arsene Wenger went was not going well under Unai Emery and he was sacked in December 2019. The Gunners turned to their former player who was Pep Guardiola‘s assistant in Manchester City and the Spaniard accepted. He managed to lift the players up and even won the FA Cup trophy in his first season (only George Graham did it before him in 1987), but since then, Arteta managed only two FA Community Shields (2020 and 2023). And the fans, as much as they are happy with Arteta‘s management, are not quite satisfied either. And their public speaker is non other than Thierry Henry.Done deal – Zubimendi is the new Gunner!The former Gunner‘s captain pointed out at the fact that Arteta so far had enough time to win at least one more trophy.“I’m not saying that I’m disappointed with Arsenal, but it’s normal that people are raising questions now about what the team is doing. I understand that at the very beginning for Mikel Arteta, you arrive and it’s not your team, you need at the very least three or four transfer windows to change everything that you want to. It takes time and you have to give a manager time to be able to implement what he wants to do“ Henry told the Stick to Football podcast.EPL historic season: Five teams – five trophiesAnd since this is Arteta‘s sixth year in Arsenal, it‘s clear that he got his three (or four) transfer windows already and that the current squad is made up after his personal wishes. But, there are no trophies, not even finals. And Henry pointed out at Manchester United, who changed five managers since Arteta came to Arsenal (three were interim solutions), but won Carabao and FA Cup and were in the Europa League final this season.“Now, for the last three years Arsenal have been in a situation where they should have at least brought one cup in or a final. Manchester United have played in five finals in the last five years, the United that everyone laughs at, whereas for Arsenal in the last three years of building, they’ve not reached a final. So, I do understand when people ask the question, “Surely you should compete for a trophy?” he pointed out.##NAJAVA_MECA_8952713##
