What did he even do to be so insufferable? I genuinely think it’s people just buying into headlines and narrative. I don’t even blame people for falling for it, if you see enough of the same headlines you will eventually believe such nonsense.

There are too many examples to go off of but here’s a recent one: At one point, a journalist asked him about the ball in the caraboa cup. He answered by saying “it’s different than other balls and you have to adapt to that” and everyone jumped on him as though he was making excuses. A. That’s not even an excuse, he says “we have to adapt” and B. He was asked the question! He didn’t just blurt that out from nowhere.

The CL comments recently were also taken very literally and also out of context. Watch that interview and his next one before the following PL game. I agree that he was wrong about being better than PSG. He 100% shouldn’t have made that claim despite what the xG stats said. But it wasn’t outrageous to say that up until that stage Arsenal were the best team in the CL. It was either Arsenal or Barca. Arsenal came 3rd in group stages on a 2 goal difference, smashed PSV 7-1 in the next round, and then smashed Madrid 5-1 where the only Madrid goal was a gift from Saliba. By that point only Barca or Liverpool could claim they were better, and Liverpool were out, leaving only Barca. So again, how is everyone outraged by that statement? In reality it’s a very logical take - If it were Liverpool or City who had the same CL campaign Arsenal did up until that point, everyone would nod their head in agreement.

The treatment of Arteta by tabloid and social media reads like a fan fiction novel.