'We have to be ruthless': Mikel Arteta fronts up as Arsenal inquest begins

Mikel Arteta

Mikel Arteta has conceded he could need years to make Arsenal challengers again, but believes a season out of Europe could be the making of his long-term “project” to steer the club out of their mid-table malaise.

The novice Arsenal manager is the favourite to be the next Premier League coach to lose his job. The even more embattled club owners have no appetite for change just a season and a half after they replaced Unai Emery with the former club captain.