Alexandre Lacazette has opened up on life under Mikel Arteta at Arsenal in an interview with French outlet Canal + recently.
In quotes provided by Canal + (via ESPN), the France international said: ‘I recognise that it is not always fun, but it is part of a season. We always recover after all of this.’
In truth, this is actually pleasing to hear, when it could easily be taken as a negative.
While you’d like a healthy, happy work environment to exist under the Spaniard, you don’t want the players to always be having fun – especially in Arsenal’s current situation.
It is good to hear that Arteta sometimes makes the players’ lives in north London joyless, as success doesn’t come by always having fun on the training pitch.
These Arsenal players need to put in the hard yards and endure some tough spells, in order for them to turn their current situation around.
The Gunners currently sit 15th with 17 points to their name, and are just six points off the Premier League relegation zone.
Lacazette – who earns £182,063-a-week at the Emirates – is at least beginning to show some form.
The former Olympique Lyon attacker has scored in back-to-back games against top-class opposition recently.
First, the Arsenal No.9 scored a well-taken header against Manchester City, before stepping up to confidently convert a penalty against Chelsea.
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