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Neville can see Arteta leaving Arsenal

Former England defender Gary Neville believes Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta could leave this summer.

He claims the Spanish head coach can only take Arsenal so far in the Prem.

Neville told The Overlap Live Fan Debate: "I really like Mikel Arteta, I think he's a brilliant coach. I think the team is fantastic in terms of the young players they've got.

"But it's interesting when you're in a cycle of a club and you depress the ambition and have a significant period of failure because you then get really happy about finishing fourth.

"I found myself saying that about Manchester United. But it's because of a depressed ambition.

"I think Mikel Arteta is a good operator. My concern is if Arsenal finish fourth this season – which to be fair, I think is 50/50, I still think there's a long way to in that race – but if they finish fourth, that's in some ways as good as it gets.

"You've got Pep [Guardiola], [Jurgen] Klopp, Man United, Chelsea, where can Arsenal go? They're not going to compete.

"Mikel Arteta is a brilliant coach, I love that we're seeing a team that he's getting the maximum out of.

"I can see exactly how he wants to play, we all can.

"But he gets to fourth [and] if he was really hard about it, he'd probably say “right, that's the best I can do there, I'm going now and getting my next job."

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