Pundit issues ‘huge’ Arsenal claim after latest development – ‘not seen that since Vieira’
Mikel Arteta has given Arsenal the best chance of winning the Premier League since the days of Patrick Vieira.
That’s according to former Hibernian striker Tam McManus, speaking exclusively to Football Insider about the Gunners’ start to the season.
Arsenal sit top of the Premier League, winning all but one of their 11 games so far this season.
McManus insists the Gunners have a genuine chance of winning the title thanks to Arteta’s leadership.
“They are looking good and they got a really good result in their last game against Leeds,” McManus told Football Insider‘s Ben Wild.
“Those are the results that can win you the Premier League. I have been really impressed with Arsenal this season.
“Like a lot of people, I watched the behind-the-scenes Amazon documentary with Arteta and I thought he came across really, really well.
“He handled the Aubameyang incident brilliantly. I think you can see glimpses of what he is trying to do there and the Arsenal board should be praised for sticking with him.
“It could have been easy to sack him last season when Arsenal got off to a shocker, that would have been a huge mistake. He has managed to get the people out who he wanted to get out and they have a great spirit about them.
“For the last five or six seasons, you could not have said that about any Arsenal team. They looked fractured but Arteta has changed that.
“They have had some huge results and I genuinely think they could win the league, they can challenge City.
“They have a spine, I’ve not seen that in an Arsenal team since Vieira.”
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