​Arteta delighted with Aubameyang, Lacazette & Partey influence on Arsenal youngsters | OneFootball

Arsenal manager MIkel Arteta claims senior players, such as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alex Lacazette and Thomas Partey, are having a huge impact at the club.

The trio were vital in the Gunners' Premier League win against Aston Villa at home on Friday.

And Arteta reiterated that their influence is not limited to on the pitch actions, as the veterans are key dressing room personalities as well.

"The group age [of the squad] is a little bit closer so they are experiencing most of the same things and they talk a lot about it," he said, per the club website.

"Then we have the senior players that they have to lead and they have to take that role, and they are doing that in a different way.

"Leading is not telling someone what he needs to do, for me it is being able to transform that person and not just with words, but with facts as well.

"There are players now that on that pitch that they are able to transmit something and change certain behaviours and attitudes in other players. That is contagious, and for me that is leadership"

On Auba and Lacazette specifically, he added: "That is where I'm going, they lead by example and not only there but as well at the training ground. Certain things, a role they could have had three years ago in the squad, now it has changed.

"Human beings change themselves every six months, they have all new selves, and it's incredible so we are able to adapt very quickly and manipulate and change our minds very quickly as well. They are doing that for the benefit of the club, but for sure for the benefit of themselves."