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Arsenal defender David Luiz: Forget about Arteta inexperience

Arsenal defender David Luiz insists the inexperience of manager Mikel Arteta is no concern for the players.

Writing for arsenal.com, Luiz argued: "His philosophy is the way I love to play football and that makes it easy for me to adapt to.

"We try to dominate and control possession, and try winning the ball back as soon as we lose it. This is the idea I really love when I play football. I think Mikel is just trying to organise us every single day in the details, to make the quality of our work even better.

"It doesn't matter if it's his first job as a coach or not. He knows football, he knows inside the pitch. He prepared himself outside the pitch and he's ready for that. I've had the opportunity to work with many, many coaches already in my career and I think he's more than prepared to do the job. The enthusiasm comes naturally when you love something. He loves football, he loves to work, so this enthusiasm is contagious for everybody.

"What Mikel is trying to build is something big and I really believe in his philosophy, I really believe we can do something big this year and in the future, so I'm really, really happy because we have our way to go."

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