Quote Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico View Post
Agreed on both counts that Arteta should have been happy with just an interview but by accounts we've strung him along and given the impression that he was going to be appointed (apparently he was planning on what backroom staff to bring along over the weekend) only to pull the rug from his feet at the last minute after Ivan potentially got cold feet.

We've also pissed of Vieira as well with our approach to him which according to him was purely a gesture so much so that Ian Wright was blasting the club last night for "tokenism".

It's not so much not appointing either of those two but the manner in which we contacted & dealt with them that seems completely amateur. We've done it a way that possibly rules out any future involvement here which if either turns out to be world class coaches in the future, we're going to feel very silly about. FFS Ivan.
This isn't our fault. It's the media and their bullshit. We really have no idea how close we were to signing up Arteta or anyone for that matter. Emery has yet to be confirmed. Nobody has said anything. The candidates have stayed quiet and so has club. How is it that we get the 'amateur hour' tag when it's obvious the press have not got the slightest clue as to what's going on and has been feeding us bullshit for weeks?