Mikel Arteta has spoken out against the social media abuse towards Kai Havertz and his pregnant wife after Arsenal’s FA Cup exit to Manchester United, saying it needs to be ‘eradicated’.

Plenty of decent options if Arsenal want to stick with the nearly-winning formula of Mikel Arteta and go with another Spanish midfielder anyway.

The only other manager who has been accused of copying Pep Guardiola quite as much is Mikel Arteta. And while Postecoglou was only ever at the far edge of the Guardiola orbit, having managed Japan ...