Per Mertesacker is backing Mikel Arteta to deliver a “fantastic future” at Arsenal, with the Gunners setting out ambitious goals as they seek to get their “DNA” back.
The Gunners were once accustomed to challenging for the grandest of prizes on domestic and European stages. Major silverware has continued to trickle in, but the north London giants are not the force they were at the height of Arsene Wenger’s managerial powers.
Unai Emery was unable to get the Gunners firing again, meaning that fellow Spaniard Arteta was appointed in his place. There are considered to have been signs of encouragement across the early months of his reign, but Arsenal remain very much a work in progress.