Arsenal's stance on Mikel Arteta sack decision revealed

A 2-1 defeat to Everton over the weekend has left the Gunners boss under tremendous pressure amid growing doubts over his future.

David Ornstein, a renowned Arsenal correspondent, has claimed the club board won’t pull the plug on Mikel Arteta’s reign as manager.

The Gunners fell to their eighth defeat of the Premier League season on Saturday by losing 2-1 to Everton. Despite Nicolas Pepe’s penalty canceling out a Rob Holding own goal, Yerry Mina headed in a corner-kick to settle the match.

Arsenal remain 15th in the league standings as a result and just four points above the relegation zone.

The pressure is really taking its toll on Arteta, who has faced constant doubts over his future as manager despite only replacing the sacked Unai Emery a year ago.

🗣 "They will give him a lot longer, but we know in football you believe in someone until you don't."@David_Ornstein says he thinks Arsenal will back Arteta for a while longer yet, but things are not good enough currently.

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“I think they are going to stick with Mikel Arteta and give him a lot longer,” said The Athletic’s Ornstein on Sky Sports.

“Now we know in football you believe in someone until you don’t. We saw that with Unai Emery because Arsenal were behind him until they sacked him.

“But I do think that Mikel Arteta is going to get a lot longer than this.

“I don’t think Arsenal want to be chopping and changing managers. There is no guarantee that a new manager will come in and solve this problem.

“Many of the problems are deeper, they’re underlying and they are cultural.

“To do with the standards and the behavior and things that have set in over years going back to the Arsene Wenger reign, the Unai Emery reign, and now the Mikel Arteta reign.

“We are not excusing Mikel Arteta here but these are deep-rooted issues.”

Arsenal technical director Edu and chief executive Vinai Venkatesham have both publicly backed Arteta recently.