Mikel Arteta

I think one, you need to

be able to leave your skin open for the team.

The second one, they have to be the speakers of the football club.

I mean, we have one idea and they have to promote that idea in every sense.

I think they have to be firefighters.

So the less issues they come in my office, the better.

And if they can prevent that, that's great.

And then they have to have the capacity to eliminate and inspire me with ideas, with challenges, with other opinions.

And that's what we have created.

A very diverse coaching staff, very specific in qualities, completely different backgrounds, but all aligned in one purpose.

And I cannot be prouder because they deserve a lot of credit for what we've done.

But how do you reflect upon that moment?

But that's a great example of what a manager needs.

So I was very convinced that we have to make a change, but not because Aaron didn't have the quality, because I believe to go to the next level, we need a different profile of goalkeeper.

And it was very difficult to explain, very difficult to explain upstairs, externally.

It could maybe not make sense.

And that's why you need then a sporting director.

In this case, it was Edu.

to say, Miquel, now you're 100% sure.

And I went through him, and again, again, again.