Mikel Arteta admits past Arsenal mistakes with William Saliba at the front of the regretful list

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta came into the club as an inexperienced first-team coach with the knowledge only of being mentored by Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola.

However, he is learning and improving with every game and records continue to be broken by the Arsenal manager. The Gunners managed their first double over Wolves for nine seasons in Thursday night’s 2-1 win. Building on the impressive victories in the 2020 FA Cup final, Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge and back-to-back home north London derbies amongst many others.

However, there have been errors on Arteta’s part. In-game management and the decision-making behind player exile costing the club significant financial reward in regard to possible sales of players such as Matteo Guendouzi.

Speaking to Amazon Prime, Arteta admitted that he had made errors.

“For sure I have made a lot of mistakes. Sometimes the decision can be right, maybe I should have done it earlier. If I have some regrets, maybe earlier, not the decision. But probably to do it earlier and then you learn so much.

“While you believe you knew two years ago, you now realise that didn’t have probably a clue.”

Questioned on whether he was talking about Mesut Ozil and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Arteta denied but still hinted at the reason behind some of the decisions he’s made.

“No, I think around the club we have to make a lot of good decisions and when we talk about the non-negotiables it’s about the values that have to be installed. If someone is going to damage those values and the environment, [they] should not be part of the club.”

One mistake that many supporters are concerned will cost the club in the near future is the management of young French defender William Saliba. Signed under Unai Emery’s