Ian Wright, Martin Keown and now William Gallas. The group of former Arsenal players who point to Mikel Arteta as responsible for the bad season carried out by the London club is growing. The former French defender believes that the “gunners” leaders made a mistake by signing the Spanish coach. The ex-center did not hold his tongue when criticizing Arteta for his inexperience at the head of a team. “Mikel Arteta was not yet ready to lead a club like Arsenal. Okay, he was an assistant coach at Manchester City. But he had never led a team. It is completely different. The board was wrong when choosing him. I'm sure he will be a great coach, but you have to have experience to lead a great club, ”Gallas, who spent four years at Emirates as a player, told The Sun.
Gallas was not careful when it came to qualifying the season carried out by Arsenal nor did he excuse the players for their poor performance: “To be honest, it was a great shame for the Arsenal fans to finish in eighth place. Arsenal is not the same one we knew 18 or 20 years ago. We had players who were strong with strong personalities ”.
For his part, former striker Perry Groves ensures that Arteta “has no excuse” next season for not getting Champions League positions, since he will only have one game a week: “By having a week to prepare for the games and not having to play on a Thursday, he no longer has excuses for Arsenal not to be among the top four. When Leicester City won the title they had no European games and Antonio Conte's Chelsea was exactly the same “he told talkSPORT.