Arsenal making identical Wenger ‘mistake’ with Arteta in ‘betrayal’ of membership mannequin, says Sanllehi

Raul Sanllehi, Arsenal’s former head of soccer, claims the membership are repeating the identical “mistake” with Mikel Arteta as they made with former boss Arsene Wenger.

Sanllehi left the Gunners shortly after Arteta’s appointment in December 2019 and is now director common at Actual Zaragoza in Spain’s second division.

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He was key to Arteta’s appointment as ‘head coach’ at Arsenal and oversaw the brand new set-up of the membership which allowed Arteta to focus totally on the primary group.

However after Arteta led Arsenal to FA Cup glory in his first season in cost his function title was modified to ‘supervisor’, which gave him extra affect on the route of the membership and selections throughout the board.

Sanllehi says it was a “mistake” to revert to the title legendary chief Arsene Wenger held as it “betrays” the club’s model.

“Arsenal had determined to maneuver on from Arsene Wenger — one boss who did the whole lot,” Sanllehi instructed The Athletic. “They’ve betrayed the mannequin somewhat bit now.”

‘By going again to the supervisor on the high, that could be a mistake, however that’s their mistake. I’d haven’t allowed that to occur. However that’s tremendous, it’s working to this point for them.

Sanllehi defined his want for splitting accountability on the membership, citing the “overwhelming” workload as an issue in fashionable soccer.

“I don’t agree when golf equipment name the first-team coach ‘the supervisor’,” he mentioned.

“First-team coach is first-team coach, that’s sufficient. These days, the workload is overwhelming, and I want him to focus on the primary group.

“Something that distracts you from that isn’t your accountability — journey preparations, the pitch, wage price range, medical division.

“We are going to get different folks to do this. The primary-team coach is short-term oriented — simply win tonight’s recreation.”

The title change doesn’t seem to at present be a difficulty for Arteta, who has guided his aspect to the highest of the Premier League this time period having received six of their seven video games, scoring 17 targets within the course of.