London Standard<\/a>).<\/p>\n\u201cWe had to stay in the top, to stay in the Champions League and at least to make 54,000 people [attend]. There are many debates when you start building a stadium, how big can it be? It\u2019s quite simple.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the time it was \u00a34,000 a seat. You multiply that by 60,000 it\u2019s \u00a3240million. Plus, we had to buy the soil, all the businesses we had to buy out. It went to over \u00a3420m.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to pay a huge amount of money back every year. That\u2019s why we had to stay in the Champions League.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cruelly dubbed a \u2018specialist in failure\u2019 by former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho in 2014, Wenger left the Gunners four years later without another title success on his CV.<\/p>\n
Unai Emery subsequently failed to transform Arsenal\u2019s fortunes, with a run to the 2018\/19 Europa League final as good as it got for him.<\/p>\n
Arteta\u2019s \u2018trust the process\u2019 mantra eventually delivers<\/b><\/h2>\n
Five days before he was appointed as manager in 2019, Mikel Arteta watched Manchester City dismantle Arsenal at the Emirates.<\/p>\n
The fans had understandably grown tired of the club\u2019s on-field failures and Arteta\u2019s initial task was to restore some belief in them.<\/p>\n
Winning the FA Cup at the end of his first season was a welcome bonus for Arteta, buying him the time he needed to keep the fans onside.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard repeatedly urged supporters to \u2018trust the process\u2019 while he set about instilling an elite-level culture across the club.<\/p>\n
After failing to adequately back Wenger and Emery in the transfer market, Arsenal\u2019s board finally let the brakes off when Arteta came on board.<\/p>\n
A \u20ac1 billion spend on new players over the past five years ultimately gave Arteta a squad that was capable of getting the job done in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
With at least two top-class players in every position, achieving domestic dominance is not beyond the realms of possibility for the Gunners.<\/p>\n
However, Arsenal\u2019s defeat against Paris Saint-Germain in last season\u2019s Champions League highlighted that they still have work to do.<\/p>\n
Winning the Premier League title has eased the pressure on Arteta, but he must now demonstrate that he can guide them to success in Europe.<\/p>\n
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