Before he and our squad head to Birmingham ahead of our game against Aston Villa on Saturday, Mikel Arteta held his pre-match press conference at the Sobha Realty Training Centre.
With the end of the transfer window in sight, the boss was probed about potential ins and outs, as well as the influence of Basque managers in the top-flight, the belief in the squad, tactics and much more.
Here is everything he had to say:
on the Mikel Merino rumours:
You know that I cannot talk about any player that is not with us.