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Edu explains the ‘process’ and Arsenal sticking with Mikel Arteta.
Arsenal sporting director Edu Gaspar has spoken about the controversial ‘process’ and professed his admiration for Mikel Arteta’s performance as a manager.
The Gunners hired Arteta and began the “process” towards the end of 2019, after believing that signing young players who can develop at the Emirates Stadium was the best way to go back into the top four.
Although winning the FA Cup during the COVID-impacted 2019–20 season, Arsenal’s subsequent campaigns were both very unsuccessful as the team twice missed out on Champions League qualification.
Despite these setbacks, Arsenal persisted in their belief in Arteta, and they are now being rewarded with a title push in the Premier League this season—their first since 15 years ago.
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Speaking at the London Football Awards, Edu revealed that he knew the ‘process’ would present some challenges: “When we first started, we were talking a lot about our process, and people were making jokes sometimes about our process.
“I think we were quite clear about all of the steps that we went through. We knew we were going to go through some challenging periods because we had to make some important decisions, sometimes unpopular decisions, which is going to cause some instability.
“Importantly, we internally was quite together in terms of understanding the process. And then, we are where we are, I know there’s lots to do.
“I think we are in the middle of it [the process], there’s still a lot of things to do, and carry on doing, but also, we are very happy and proud to see where we are at the moment as a club. “I think Mikel [Arteta] is, of course, doing a great job.
“I think we as well, in terms of choosing the right players with that right mentality, with the right spirit as well, to be in the squad. We have fantastic staff around us, we always have to mention that because when we’re talking about the team, we need everyone to be really good to make the players perform.”