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Michael Owen admits some of Arsenal’s decisions in recent years regarding their best players has not sat well with him but he believes the Gunners are now turning a corner under Mikel Arteta.
Arsenal recorded a 1-0 win over Wolves on Thursday night courtesy of Gabriel’s first-half strike.
The Gunners are aiming to move on after selling former captain Pierrre-Emerick Aubameyang, who fell out with Arteta and was stripped of the captaincy.
The Spaniard endured a similar situation with Mesut Ozil last year that resulted in the Gunners having to cash in on one of their highest-paid players.
Former Liverpool striker Owen admits Arsenal’s handling of contracts and big-name players has made him ‘cringe’ but with Arteta in charge he feels the future is bright for the north London side.
‘It’s the most positive I’d be if I was an Arsenal fan at the moment for a long time,’ Owen said.
‘They’re still lacking a few good players but they look as if they can away to tough places now and fight it out a bit more. Usually they get bullied a lot of the time.
‘I watched them at the start of the season against Brentford and it was like this is the Arsenal of recent years but now they’ve got a bit of steel about them and if I was an Arsenal fan I’d be more hopeful at this moment than I have been in a while.
‘I think he’s [Arteta] gained a lot of people’s respect already by the way he’s going about things. I cringe when I look at some of the big decisions that Arsenal have made in recent years and it always is the big players.
‘You look at what they gave Mesut Ozil and never played for ages and ages, then they go and give Aubameyang loads of money again and falls out and…
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Source : metro
