Former Manchester United goalkeeper, Peter Schmeichel, has claimed Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is a “control freak” and his methods could be making the team worse.
The Gunners are set to finish this campaign without silverware.
This is the fifth consecutive sason that Arsenal will go trophyless under Arteta.
Arteta won the FA Cup during his first months at the Emirates, but has failed to add any more silverware since.
Speaking on ViaPlay, Schmeichel said: “It’s all on Arteta, all. What I’m saying is, he was employed as head coach. He inherited the team and that team is the only team that he has won a trophy with.
“Then it’s his own team and then in the process, he’s now changed the job description so he’s now the manager. Everything is on him. It’s not recruitment, it’s not the board.
“Whenever they [fans] get the opportunity today, watch him in the technical area.
“Arteta is a control freak, he wants his players to play the ball that he wants. He’s directing everything.
“You look across to Arne Slot who’s so calm. He’s instructed his players in training, instructed the players in the team talk.
“Arteta is still playing the game for the players and that would confuse the hell out of me as a football player that you had a coach that wants to direct me for everything I do. It would confuse me and make me a worse player.”
