Every story has two sides – sometimes even more. And we usually tend to hear just one side of it. It was like it in the days when Arsenal fans kept asking themselves why the heck would their new manager Mikel Arteta want to lose Matteo Guendouzi, a fine young player? Seriously? Just because of a slight run-in with Brighton player Neal Maupay? Why, Arteta must be crazy to let Matteo leave on loan! Well, now we know a bit more about the French international.Sunday, 18.00: (2.60) Lille (3.20) Olympique Marseille (3.00)French journalist Romain Canuti, who is well-informed about what’s going on at Olympique de Marseille, has been speaking in a live TV show about Brazilian star Gerson and his annoyance with Guendouzi.”There isn’t just Gerson who is fed up with Guendouzi. There are a few players at Marseille who are struggling with Guendouzi. He always blames others for things, he sometimes falls to his knees in training to implore God because someone’s touch isn’t good enough. I don’t blame him for this attitude, because that sort of communication isn’t strange in the city of Marseille – but there are foreign players who aren’t that into it. Guendouzi’s teammates don’t like that.”Canuti on Guendouzi at Marseille:“There are a few players at Marseille who are struggling with Guendouzi. His way of working, he always blames others for things. When you’ve got a guy like that, who always criticises, you might not want to sympathise with him down the line” pic.twitter.com/jptUOF94cs— now.arsenal (@now_arsenaI) September 28, 2021 If there’s one thing Arteta demands at Arsenal more than anything else, it’s discipline. He wants everyone to follow his rules at all times and whoever crosses the line, be it club captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang or Guendouzi, will be punished.Obviously, Guendouzi has done something unforgivable. He was frozen out of the team before being loaned out – initially to Hertha Berlin and then to Marseille. The French club is obliged to sign the midfielder permanently next July, so he won’t be seen in an Arsenal shirt again.Saturday, 19.30: (3.00) Brighton (3.15) Arsenal (2.65)In this situation, we still don’t really know everything, because Arteta is keeping his side of the story to himself. But after these latest reports on Guendouzi’s behaviour, we tend to side with the Gunners boss.Guendouzi is now someone else’s problem.
