Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand says Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta “must look at the squad like a promiscuous girlfriend” after their poor Premier League season.
The Gunners are currently tenth in the Premier League standings with 11 losses and 11 wins from 27 matches illustrating their levels of inconsistency.
Arsenal followed up an impressive 3-1 victory over high-flying Leicester City with a 1-1 draw at Burnley over the weekend and Ferdinand thinks they should’ve taken the three points at Turf Moor.
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“They should definitely have had a penalty, the decision was a disgrace, VAR has become a laughing stock, it’s ruining our game,” Ferdinand told the FIVE YouTube channel.
‘But it doesn’t paper over the cracks at Arsenal. They had all the chances to finish the game off, they could have finished the game off well before.”
Ferdinand added: “If [Bukayo] Saka’s not doing it, Arsenal haven’t performed this year. But Arteta must look at the squad like a promiscuous girlfriend. He just must lack so much trust and faith in them. He can’t trust them at all, because he doesn’t know what’s going to happen at the moment.
“He could do the best team talk of his life but they’re going to go out there and do their own thing and it doesn’t seem to be coming together.
“The mad thing is I like Arsenal, I love some of the players there: Auba, Saka, Martinelli, Smith Rowe. I can go on and on with all these names. Partey, that’s another one, he’s never fit! He keeps coming back and breaking down!
“They’ve got good players there but for some reason, I don’t know what’s happening, it just isn’t coming together consistently at the moment.”
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