Arsenal Manager Says Team Needs a “Reset”

Mikel Arteta
Mikel Arteta in 2019. Photo by Robbie Stephenson/JMP/Shutterstock (10485901ac)

Arsenal is currently bottom of the Premier League table after losing their opening three games against Brentford, Chelsea, and Manchester City. Manager Mikel Arteta admits that the team has had a rocky start to the season and said they need to “reset” and “improve” their game.

The disappointing start to the season comes off the back of a summer of big spending for the club. Arsenal was the Premier League’s biggest spender in the summer transfer window. But the money has not translated into points.

“We have tried to explain the project and the decisions that we have made over the last few months in the transfer window. The amount of changes that we’ve had in two or three years is almost 30 players.”

“We have all participated, trying to create and build this project obviously led by the owners. It is a project that we believe in, that we have to assemble.”

He continued to stand by the moves they made in the offseason, claiming that they did what they felt was best for the club at the time. He acknowledged that in order for the team to thrive, they need to find out a way to make it work with all of their new pieces.

“And we have to embrace that because there is no other way in football, you’re going to have to have results and we are ready to do that,” he added.