Mikel Arteta will already know who he wants to move out of Arsenal, says Ian Wright, with the new Gunners boss being backed to “get rid of” the deadwood at Emirates Stadium.
Wright believes Arteta is the right man to oversee a rebuilding process, with the former club captain expected to have drawn up a hit list when it comes to culling the ranks.
“I can’t help but feel very excited about this appointment,” Arsenal legend Wright said on his YouTube channel.
“It’s one that I personally wanted to happen maybe a year ago.
“Some of the comments, you just think to yourself some of our fans, what’s wrong with you lot man? Chill out man, talking about his experience.
“But we’re here now and what we need to do, and as much as people are saying it’s a risk, of course it’s a risk but as fans and as owners and everybody, we just need to back him, we’ve got to go in.
“It’s a risk of course, it’s a risk we have to go all in, we have to put all the chips on it.
“The people upstairs, from owners to fans to everybody.
“We’ve got to go in and support Mikel with everything he does, whether that’s in the transfer market, whether that’s the players that’s going to go out.
“That’s going to happen, there’s a lot of players at Arsenal that we need to get rid of. You know that and I know that.
“When Mikel comes in, he’ll probably know that when he’s watched them and he’s played against them.
“Even the other day he would have said ‘Right, I’m getting rid of him, him, him and him’.
“The fact is that we’ve got to back him in that particular instance.”