Gary Linekerfront of FC Barcelona from 1986 to 1989 and former host of the famous program ‘Match of the Day’ For 26 years, he has been very critical of the Spanish coach Mikel Arteta after the defeat of Arsenal 1-2 against Bournemouth by Andoni Iraola.
The 65-year-old former English footballer said in ‘Rest is Football’ what Arsenal “compete against itself” and? “You are showing the world that the pressure is getting to you”pointing to the Spanish coach as responsible for the London team’s decline.
Lineker defines Arteta’s methods with Arsenal as “shameful”: “They border on the ridiculous”
Gary Lineker criticized Mikel Arteta’s “disgraceful” training tactics with Arsenal, who are still top of the Premier League by six points ahead of Manchester City.
Gary Lineker, FC Barcelona forward from 1986 to 1989, has raised his voice in favor of Vinicius and against racism in football in a speech that is going around the world.
“Arteta’s training methods border on the ridiculous, I dare say… Obviously, with the pens and everyone carrying pens, and then projecting TikTok videos on giant screens during training… If they are competing, they simply have to stay calm,” denounced Lineker in a statement that has shocked English football.
Mikel Arteta recently had his players work in groups, balancing the ball between their heads while holding pens with their fingertips and moved it together.
Furthermore, the players They trained listening to TikTok videos created with artificial intelligence on the giant screens at London Colney.
In the past it made his players squeezed several lemons and set up giant dominoes.
Lineke’s advice to Arteta: “If you do something different, do it privately, secretly”
The former footballer recommended to Arteta that “if you do something different, do it privately, secretly and make sure that no one records it. That would be my sincere advice. And it must be difficult because I suppose that with all that, if they were winning, no one would say anything.”
“The problem is that if they draw attention and then don’t win, then it can become a bigger problem,” he said.
