Originally Posted by Pat Vegas I am not sure Arteta is as fond as Martinelli. for a long while he didn't paly him and seemed to want to replace him with Mudryk. Also I remember Arsenal posting clips and people saying Arteta was converting him to a striker. I love Martinelli he's clearly so talented. but I don't think he's been that great this year. He's still young and he will grow. At the moment he doesn't seem patient enough for the role, he always wants the ball at his feet.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us. "But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
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