Mikel Arteta

Fair for you means that fair for right is not fair.

But at least to stick to your principles, I think you explain things and you agree as a team that there are certain behaviours that we expect and we want to promote.

If somebody doesn't do it, I mean, it cannot continue to be part of that.

I think that's clear.

Obviously, yeah, we can put the best beautiful words here around the walls, but they mean nothing.

And I think we are constantly sending messages, whether we won or not, to the people in the organisation, to the supporters, to our opponents.

And that was a strong message.

I mean, we are here to go another level.

And we won another level financially, with the ambition of the player that we recruited, with the profile of the player that we recruited.

And I think a big club has to make that kind of a statement.

Well, they were very supportive.

I think you have to explain things and the reason we believe that they could elevate the team to a different level.

If you ask David Moyes, he always says, Mikel, you got him cheap.

I don't get involved in that.

I leave all the financial part for the other guys.

And you need that.

And without that, at the end, this belongs to the players and the quality of the players that you need to compete in this league.

They are my inspiration.

And at the same time, they are the ones that have my back.

So I said, a coaching staff has to have always four elements.