Arsenal icon Ray Parlour thinks Mikel Arteta ought to attain out to Arsene Wenger for steering forward of the title run-in.
The Gunners are gearing up for one more lunge for Premier League glory after being pipped to the submit by Manchester City final season. They’re at the moment third within the desk, seven factors behind leaders Liverpool, however after shaking off some latest jitters with a 5-0 hammering of Crystal Palace on the weekend, their hopes of ending 20 years of damage are nonetheless alive.
Parlour, who made 466 appearances for Arsenal, thinks Arteta ought to take all the assistance he can get and is encouraging the Spaniard to “have a chat” with Le Professeur, who masterminded the membership’s final title win in 2003/04 wherein they famously went your entire league season unbeaten.
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“I’m sure if Mikel wanted to have a chat with Arsene Wenger then I’m sure he’d be up for it because he’s not that sort of man to turn him down,” Parlour stated talking completely to Daily Star Sport on behalf of InstantCasino. “I’m sure if Mikel phoned him up, he’d help him as much as he could towards the end of the season.”
He added: “There’s a little bit little bit of Arsene Wenger in Mikel Arteta. I’m positive there’s a little bit little bit of Pep Guardiola too. You can see sure attributes in him.”
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Parlour was colloquially dubbed ‘The Romford Pele’ by Arsenal followers, who nonetheless think about him one of many membership’s largest cult heroes. The 50-year-old spent 13 years at Highbury, the latter half of which was beneath Wenger, and Parlour says he is satisfied to see his outdated boss again in north London.
“I’m so pleased that Wenger is back at the club now. I mean he had that spell when he wasn’t coming to the club. I was at his statue unveiling which was really good to see him again and he was in great form. He’s such a nice man and you know he wants the best for Arsenal Football Club.”
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Like Parlour, Arteta performed beneath Wenger for a number of years, however not like in the course of the Essex midfielder’s stint, on-field success was pretty restricted. The Spaniard received simply two main trophies at Arsenal, whereas Parlour hoovered up eight, together with three Premier League titles.
Wenger, in the meantime, stepped away from administration after leaving Arsenal in 2018. Over the course of his record-setting 22-year spell on the membership he received three Premier League titles and 7 FA Cups, although the overwhelming majority of these honours had been received in his first decade on the helm.
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In 2019 he was appointed FIFA’s chief of world soccer growth, a task which sees him oversee and assist drive progress within the sport. Despite his legendary standing at Arsenal, he is barely set foot contained in the Emirates Stadium within the years since, and in 2022, the Frenchman defined why.
“I think you know after 22 years maybe I arrived at the end of the road and people wanted a change, I can understand,” he informed the Mirror. “My presence there could have been a problem, so I stay away completely and give the club the chance to rebuild a new connection with the new manager and that’s why I never talked about Arsenal, never came back to Arsenal because I didn’t want to be a presence that is not maybe not good for the club.”