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In the past, Arsenal players have often been accused of being either too ‘naive’ or ‘nice’, a side that had lost the edge of the Patrick Vieira era. Vieira had some famous scraps with Roy Keane whilst playing for Arsenal, and his teammates would often follow his lead on the pitch. The Frenchman was as competitive as they come, a kind of player Mikel Arteta would love to work with today. Of course, Arsenal have ridden any label of being ‘too nice’ in the last few years, Arteta has turned the tide in that regard. In fact, you now can’t move for talk of Arsenal’s ‘dark arts’, a sign that there’s …

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