The Gunners\u2019 man-in-season Mikel Arteta believes that bringing a broken Arsenal back together as a club is \u201cmuch more powerful\u201d than just winning trophies, as it can now serve as the crucial launchpad to formulate a team that can start achieving the 100-point seasons necessary to compete in.<\/p>\n
Speaking on a new BT Sport podcast \u2018Michael Calvin\u2019s Football People\u2019, the 42-year-old \u2013 who had only two seasons back been under massive pressure trying desperately to piece together a totally fragmented team with diverse idiosyncrasies \u2013told of how the manager responsible for such sterling standards, Pep Guardiola, gave him an \u201cincredible lesson\u201d by regularly revealing to Arteta how he always was so mentally pre-occupied with the game when he was at Manchester City.<\/p>\n
Arteta was asked by Calvin how long it would take to maximise his impact at Arsenal and see success.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt depends what you call success,\u201d the manager responded. \u201cI mean, if it\u2019s winning titles or it\u2019s bringing our club together. For me, bringing the club together is much more powerful. We have a club that was in a difficult state, with a lot of cracks, a lot of division. At the moment, this is a very different club. And that\u2019s an incredible credit that everybody has to take, from the top of the club to every player. Because we did that together.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe next step, now. And we are building a team to win, knowing that this era is unprecedented in English football.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arteta\u2019s valiant troops continue their siege on the Europa League campaign this evening at home to Bodo\/Glimt.<\/p>\n
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