Arsenal news: Liverpool backed to steal Arteta favourite as new Jesus plan emerges

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He said: "He’s maybe one we should have tried to grab from West Ham."I don’t know whether we did or not, but I think he’d have been brilliant for us. He’s going to deserve a chance soon."I watched him when he was seven months [off] the pitch, and the way he was moving and how much he wanted it.

When you’ve seen [against Everton] the amount of spaces that he was involved in, that’s his biggest quality – so we need to exploit that."It’s been a really intense journey, I would say. I think when he joined us, he lifted the belief, the spirit and the energy of the club and the team.

I think he gave something very different to what we already had and it was really impressive. And then he had some very bad injuries that haven’t allowed him to have the consistency that we need from a very important player."But he’s back.