The context of Liverpool’s rebuild and ours is very different, reveals Mikel Arteta

The Spanish coach became the first manager to win a major trophy in his first season in charge of the club and also became the first person to win the FA Cup as both captain and manager of the London club. Since then, he has slowly and steadily imprinted his philosophy with the club’s clever recruitment and the 40-year-old’s man-management playing a positive role in their upward trajectory.

So much so, that the North Londoners are in the mix for securing a top-four finish at the end of the season which will see them play in the Champions League next season. Liverpool has been the model to follow for Arsenal as the Merseyside club was languishing when Jurgen Klopp took over the club although Arteta disagrees with the notion.

"The context is completely different, so what was good three or five years ago is not good anymore, because the standards are so high. We need to focus on what we want to do and how we are going to execute it, and not look too far ahead,” he added.