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Soccer News of Monday, 30 December 2019

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Arteta to be one of the best coaches in the world - David Luiz

Mikel Arteta Mikel Arteta

David Luiz has thrown his weight behind new Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, whom he said will become one of the best coaches in the world.

Arteta Joined Arsenal following the sack of Unai Emery, and Luiz who has played under the likes of Jose Mourinho, Laurent Blanc and Antonio Conte is one of the players he inherited.

Since taking over at the club where he formerly played, Arteta has managed to get one point from his first two games. His last game was at the Emirates Stadium where he lost 2-1 to London rivals Chelsea.

Despite the loss at home to Chelsea, Luiz still believes Arteta has what it takes to turn the club's fortune around.

"For me, Arteta is going to be one of the best coaches in the world.

"I have had the opportunity to have many coaches during my career.

"He is intelligent, he was a player, he is clever. I think he's going to be one of the best, but it's part of our job to help him do that, especially in the beginning because everybody doubts.

"But I really trust in this philosophy, I really trust in the way he sees football. That's why we could see Arsenal dominate the first half with amazing football, with a lot of quality.

"I think if we scored the second goal, it would have been a different game."

Arteta is expected to turn the team he inherited from Unai Emery into his own standard, and Luiz is one of the players who are already seeing the signs.

He added: "He knows football. When you know football, it is much easier to explain. It's much easier to try to help and it's much easier to understand the heads of the players on the pitch.

"It's not an easy job for him, especially coming in the middle of the season.

"He didn't choose the players or anything, but he's going to try to do his best and we as players have to try to do our best too because this club deserves to shine. It deserves to play amazing football like in the first half.

"We are not in the best position in the table. It has not been a very good year for us. But there is still the possibility to improve, to learn, and to do what we did in the first half.

"I think everybody saw a team with personality, with ideas, with a connection with the fans, with top players.

"I think Mikel is trying to impose his philosophy as soon as possible.

"We have a lot of players with talent and a lot of players who are going to be top players in the future. They are trying to learn quickly.

"Then it is up to us to try to get some points and results because we need that."