Edu Gaspar and Mikel Arteta returning to Arsenal in 2019 helped stop the club from sliding further down the table, and they are now thriving. Arsenal were in crisis in 2019, and the squad was in disarray under Unai Emery. The atmosphere was toxic and wires were crossed at executive level. Former midfielder Edu Gaspar then returned to the club he once played for, as a sporting director, and he pushed to dismiss Emery and hire Arteta, who entered his first-ever managerial job. It was a bold appointment, and it took some time to truly get going, but Arsenal have now built a top-quality young squa…
