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I think he loves it because he saw what a great club it is/was and he admired & respected the values & history.We’ve been hearing about how much Arteta loves Arsenal (regarding the time where he was Pep’s assistant). What I’d like to know is where does Arteta’s love for Arsenal come from?
He had a very good spell here as a player and won 2 fa cups but he wasn’t a fan favourite, fans weren’t singing his name at the time. Everton fans showed him more respect as a player.
Is it the the way he was treated by the staff behind the scenes that he admires greatly etc?
He also won things here & was made Captain by the great Arsène.
Don't forget he was brought in when the club was struggling.
Mikel & Per were undoubtedly very good characters in the dressing room & contributed greatly to help us lift the Fa Cups.
He was a big fish in a smaller pond at Everton & probably got more attention as their star man.
He was a very talented footballer who worked hard & never gave anything less than 100%.
Everton though probably saw the best of him tbh.
He got moved back here to a more defensive role.
We really should have signed him 2 or 3 years earlier imho.