Getty Images The former Gunners midfielder has become a key part of the Blues' coaching staff and is now being lined up to replace Arsene Wenger When Theo Walcott scored for Arsenal just four minutes into their game against Manchester City in December 2016, the television cameras panned to Pep Guardiola. Fresh from damaging defeats against Chelsea and Leicester City, City's title challenge was unravelling. Another loss against the Gunners would have been City's third in four league games and Guardiola - and his suitability to English football - was under the microscope. Yet he was not City manager that day. Mikel Arteta was. "The team is yours," Guardiola told Arteta in the days leading up to the clash. RELATED GUARDIOLA WON'T STOP ARTETA FROM TAKING ARSENAL JOB ARSENAL LEGEND WANTS ARTETA TO REPLACE WENGER ARTETA IN POLE POSITION TO LAND ARSENAL JOB AS GUNNERS BEGIN MAJOR STAFF OVERHAUL Guardiola had added Arteta to his tru...
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