Jose Mourinho's savage Arsenal comments 'still apply today' for Mikel Arteta

Ex-Chelsea and Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was known for being outspoken during his assorted stints successful the Premier League, and 1 Arsenal connection was peculiarly merciless

Jose Mourinho’s cold-blooded Arsenal jibe from 2007 appears to inactive resonate adjacent contiguous with Mikel Arteta’s broadside having suffered different stroke successful their bid to yet grasp the Premier League title.

It’s been 2 heartbreaking years successful a enactment now for the Gunners playing 2nd fiddle to Manchester City successful an effort to assertion a top-flight crown – which has eluded them for 2 decades now. And a daze 2-0 decision to Bournemouth connected Saturday – though it is precise aboriginal doors – has already dampened this latest challenge.

Last play nether Arteta saw Arsenal come wrong conscionable 2 points of the title. But, contempt being led by young superstars specified arsenic Bukayo Saka and William Saliba and the likes of big-money signing Declan Rice and nine skipper Martin Odegaard – having importantly bolstered their squad successful caller years – it has continued to beryllium truthful adjacent yet truthful far.

Former Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester United brag Mourinho's brutal aged comment, which fundamentally stated that the nine has a talented young squad but simply cannot assistance a league title, has resurfaced connected societal media. And fans person been speedy to constituent retired that this admittance inactive looks to beryllium applicable 17 years on.

“They person large boys. I wouldn’t beryllium bittersweet if a nine gives maine three, four, 5 years and tells maine you don’t request to triumph – you tin suffer Premiership aft Premiership, and you person three, four, 5 seasons to build. I wouldn’t beryllium sad,” Mourinho stated successful a 2007 interview, digging retired aged rival Arsene Wenger and the clip the Gunners gave him without moving connected to a caller manager.

When prompted by the newsman that the Gunners had won immoderate titles nether Wenger, Mourinho ruthlessly clapped back: “Not since I arrived. Since we are successful Chelsea, they mislaid the Premierships, they mislaid with america the Charity Shield, they mislaid with america the Carling [League] Cup.

“I don’t deliberation they are winning a lot. But, [they are] perfectly superb young boys. The manager is top, the squad has a large future. But they didn’t win.”

Though Mourinho’s connection did person 1 large inaccuracy, the information that Arsenal lifted the 2005 FA Cup trophy a twelvemonth aft Mourinho touched down successful London, his constituent remained that the Gunners could not equine a bonafide battle connected the league rubric during his tenure, contempt having specified a young and talented squad.

Arteta’s clip astatine the helm has likewise seen him assertion conscionable 1 portion of silverware - an FA Cup - and fans person been speedy to constituent retired that, with his broadside already looking comparatively ropey this word and lacking discipline, the 'Special One’s' valuation inactive stands.

“17 years later, and this inactive applies today,” 1 instrumentality commented, whilst different took a much stone-tongued stance: “Arsenal volition everlastingly beryllium known arsenic the squad that ever comes adjacent but doesn't assistance the trophy each season. Don't they get tired?”

Though, dissimilar immoderate of the Arsenal teams of the decade, Arteta’s existent broadside does person a wide absorption and has travel connected leaps and bounds since the Spaniard arrived.

Other fans took a antithetic approach, believing that the club's 20-year league rubric drought is overmuch person to being breached than it has been successful the past, with 1 admitting: “He [Mourinho] isn’t wrong, but astatine slightest they are competing.”

Another added a hopeful comment: “People hide that astatine that time, Arsenal had to go a selling nine to concern the caller stadium and grooming centre. They paid it themselves they person ever been palmy until the past 20 years. They volition instrumentality to winning ways.”

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