Arteta Linked With Move Away From Arsenal - Why Gunners Should Let Him Leave

Mikel Arteta is a player who does not stand out when playing in the Arsenal first team. Although he was deployed as an attacking outlet when on the books of Everton a few years ago, he has dropped into a holding spot alongside Mathieu Flamini at Arsenal and he goes about his job without making a fuss. But he could be on his way out of the Emirates this summer according to reports.

I think he should be offloaded.

The Spaniard will soon be 33 and is out of contract next season, so the first reason why is to get a chunk of money for him while they can.

He is not the quickest player and is continuously caught out of position when Arsenal are on the back foot. To me it seems as though he's a player playing out of position and I think it should be Flamini and Wilshere in the deeper spots.

Aaron Ramsey can also play there, but I would also be looking to sign a big, powerful midfielder to add some bite into the side.

Arsenal fans, do you agree with my reasoning?

Comments

[goon]

what a load of crap.. he is the.captain and one of the most consistent players in the team.

[gooner]

only one thing i have to say... what a waste of time.

[Eddie]

i agree. he's been a dutiful servant to the club but he isn't good enough to play for a team that wants to win the premier league. he's slow and not creative anymore. BTW he's not the captain, just the vice but TV5 was always on the bench :( I hope he is sold because he simply is not good enough to play for a championship squad.

[The Devil]

Arteta doesn't get caught out of position, it's just he's not quick enough to cover for when the fullbacks get caught out of position. Watch those games against chelsea, liverpool and man city, u'll see what i mean. There fore against those teams at home, when they're going to attack hard and press, he's not built for it, but against the lower teams he's perfect as a distributor of those positions. to improve on that position we need a smart defensive mid who can pass and create play, it will be a lot harder than u think to replace him.

[bc]

Listen we have 6 players leaving already.Fabianski, viviano, sagna, djourou, kallstrom, bendtner are all out of contract or sold already. Before we consider selling anymore players let's fill the 6 spaces in the squad of 25. Then before we sell the.likes of arteta, vermaelen, podolski, monreal,.we have to consider, are rthe following more worthy of a place in the 25? Martinez, boateng, miquel, galindo, coquelin, ryo, park. All those players are born 1992 or before, so they are of the age whereby they now have to be named in the 25. I would take arteta over any of them