Arteta working to 're-build bond' with Arsenal supporters after Emery spell | OneFootball

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta couldn't believe the divide between fans and the club when he returned to the Emirates late last year.

A former player for the Gunners, Arteta assumed the manager's role from Unai Emery in December 2019.

And Arteta wants the fans to trust his process in rebuilding the team.

"You cannot build something new [quickly], when something has been damaged and hurt badly, that you can see a big split between even our own fans and the team," he told the club's website. "When you were in that stadium 10 months ago, I was shocked.

"You have to rebuild that [bond]. In order to do that you have to build some foundations, and afterwards start a process. You have to prioritise that process at the start, and where you are going to get to.

"To do that you need some pieces that have to fill in there, and you have to start to create a puzzle and try to manage it because there will be bad moments and you don't want to break it.

"All the time you have to be very alert because it takes very little to break what you are building."