Arsenal’s head, Mikel Arteta, has demanded that Raheem Sterling end to win minutes, as he refused to use the wing age as an excuse.
Espanyol said during their press conference ahead of the London derby of Gunners with West Ham United that the extreme knows that there is a high demand of minutes between the side, but must try to compete “regardless of which ones be the circumstances. “
The transfer in the summer of Sterling from Chelsea to Arsenal in a late loan agreement raised some eyebrows, and so far, his time at the Emirates stadium has seen a limited play time. Despite the excitement around his transfer, he has not presented as much as expected, with only 285 minutes of the Premier League so far.
Even with Chelsea’s current situation with Mykhailo Mudryk, which has been suspended after a doping test failed, it could have made sense for the Blues to remember Sterling during the January transfer window, which they did with Trevor Chalobah.
But I was saying that the Blues chose to leave Sterling in Arsenal until summer at least.
What did Mikel Arteta say about Raheem Sterling and his future in Arsenal?
Arteta, who worked with the former International of England in Manchester City, asked journalists why Sterling has not replicated the way he had in Etihad so far.
“With Man City, he played every minute, every competition and every game. With us, we were very aware that it would not be the case of the first day. The most beautiful part of the season is still to arrive, so there will be opportunities.
“Raheem is so experienced and, like many other players, we know that what you did yesterday is not whether it was really good or not,” he said. “This could be relevant to the next game, for the next action. It is completely focused, it has been very good this week and (is) ready to return.”
Asked if he felt that the 30 -year -old still has a part of playing in Arsenal, Arteta said: “Yes and he must have it because we really need it.”
“We are all behind, we are the best for him and it will be really important and we need our best. And we only need the players with this mentality to be here to affect the team.”
