Arsenal FC manager, Mikel Arteta has showered praises on Mikel Merino’s developmental progression as a player.
The 29-year-old versatile midfielder, Mikel Merino has been recently receiving words of praise from the Gunners boss after impressing in the last couple of games.
Since the campaign, Mikel Arteta has always fancied utilizing the Spanish midfielder as the false center forward in placed of the absence of a recognized goal poacher.
Prior to the inception of this new season, the hire of Gyokeres as the center forward of the team has not averted Arteta from making use of Merino as an attacker in all competitions.
In the last post-match interview, Arsenal manager, Arteta was ask question regarding his choice to make use of Merino as a center-forward and he had this to say, “It is difficult to put limits to Mikel Merino’s development… When someone wants to grow every single day.”
Mikel Arteta further seized the opportunity to express how his thought with respects to how good Mikel Merino has been with the execution of his responsibilities on the field.
“He is that determined, that hungry to win and evolve – and to be part of something that is very powerful… Merino certainly has that,” Arsenal boss iterated.
Arsenal FC are league leaders in the English Premier League after match-week 13 after amassing thirty points, conceding seven and scoring twenty-five.
Currently, they are one of the team who have been tipped to clutch the Premier League title at the end of the season.