Country: Kosova
Player:Saka
If he wins EL and gets us back to CL, then he buys himself more time here and deservedly so, but massive improvements need to be made in terms of performances as well as results.If people don't think he's a good manager why would Arteta winning the Europa League fundamentally change their view? Okay he'll have met his objectives this season but we're already seeing his detractors say the FA Cup win was a fluke, why not the same with the Europa League if he wins it? Maybe he's just a lucky cup manager?
If we do end up winning the Europa League, which is a bit if admittedly, he'll have won 2 major trophies in 18 months and got us back into the CL. Whatever anyone things about player recruitment, tactics, Artetas personality or philosophy you couldn't score his spell here to date as anything under an 8 out of 10 in terms of actual achievements and goals reached.
What I say is that EL is a critical point for him and the only measure for which any decision about his future should be based on.
Win Europa: He gets to make his decisions in summer on player transfers, but he is also given a clear set of objectives that he must meet in next season like:
- Finish in CL places in PL,
- Make it past CL group stage,
- Have a decent run in domestic cups,
- More minutes for younger players etc...
Lose Europa: He's sacked!