Ralf Rangnick has Mikel Arteta to thank for dressing room chaos solution that Arsenal hope fails

The top four race in the Premier League continues to rage with Arsenal coming out as the beneficiary this past weekend after their rivals dropped points in the latest bout of fixtures.

Arsenal sit in sixth but with considerable games in hand over those above them and further reports detailing more controversy in the Manchester United squad will only give the Gunners more reason to continue along the path laid out by Mikel Arteta.

It has been revealed by ESPN that Ralf Rangnick’s assistant Chris Armas, who takes many of the training sessions, has been likened to fictional comedy soccer coach Ted Lasso by members of the United squad. This has sparked outrage amongst pundits, notably ex-Man Utd captain Gary Neville.

“The fact they were describing the number two of Ralf Rangnick as Ted Lasso, I didn’t find it funny at all,” he said on the Gary Neville Podcast.

“I thought it was disrespectful. I thought it was disgusting in fact. In fact, it actually summed up what I think of them, that they are disrespectful.

“I think if I was Ralf Rangnick and his number two, I would gain strength from that because I wouldn’t want to be on the same page as some of those players that are leaking that story.

“It never happened in my time, but we had the greatest level of stability.”

The incident sparks memories of previous reports claiming that the Arsenal dressing room was making fun of former head coach Unai Emery.

The Spaniard was regularly ridiculed online for his pronunciation of “Good evening” in press conferences despite it common knowledge that the now Villarreal man was learning the language on the job.

The Independent’s Miguel Delaney claimed that the club’s younger players were openly doing impressions of the former boss.