‘We have to slow the virus down’: How Arsenal manage Mikel Arteta lifted Gunners to from the depth of rot to EPL champions

‘We have to slow the virus down’: How Arsenal manage Mikel Arteta lifted Gunners to from the depth of rot to EPL champions

So here we are, 22 years on. As Arsene Wenger so poignantly put it in 2014, “happiness and suffering are linked to the time you’ve had to wait”.

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Inside Arsenal’s 8,000-day EPL title wait and their motto: ‘Remember who you are, what you are and who you represent’

Inside Arsenal’s 8,000-day EPL title wait and their motto: ‘Remember who you are, what you are and who you represent’

It is a lot to carry on your shoulders. The old motto “Remember who you are, what you are, and who you represent” resonates. It ripples. They represent themselves, their team-mates, their families, their club and all these people all over the planet who care about Arsenal. For the length of a brutal, 10-month season, with the spectre of all the attempts behind this one, that carries significant weight.

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