Whilst Mikel Arteta is a “son of Arsene Wenger”, making waves in the managerial game alongside the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie, Patrick Vieira and the recently appointed Jack Wilshere, he is more comparable to another iconic Arsenal manager – George Graham.

Graham came into an Arsenal Football Club in the doldrums.

When appointed in 1986, we were 15 years without a title, 7 years without a trophy, and loitering in and around mid-table.

A squad filled with players reaching the end of their career who were not performing as expected, one of Graham’s first tasks was to remove them from the club and replace them with younger, hungrier players. New players were signed and youngsters promoted from the academy.

This is comparable to the situation that Arteta came in, where his first task (or Phase as some like to call it) was pushing out those overpaid, underperforming, egotistical former superstars (Ozil, Aubameyang, etc), and replacing them with younger, hungrier talents.

Graham built a team based on being defensively solid and discipline first. This did not mean he built a defensive team, but one that understood if you did not concede, you did not lose. Likewise,...