Arteta was failed by the Arsenal board in both the summer and winter transfer windows, leading to what has been a wake-up call campaign at the Emirates. Sitting 11 points behind Liverpool, Arsenal’s chances of winning the Premier League title are slim, not eased by the demoralising defeat to West Ham most recently.

If you want a clift notes summary of ‘Does Slot humble Arsenal process’ the answer is ‘No, because taking over a team with one of the best forwards, centre backs, deepest front line, which came 3rd the previous season having led the league for large parts of it is not the same as taking over a tire fire scaping 8th place’.

Unai Emery claims Aston Villa are "not contenders" to win the FA Cup this season. Villa host Championship side Cardiff City in the fifth round on Friday night with a chance to reach the last eight.

This is surely the moment for Unai Emery's side to seize their opportunity in a competition they last won in 1957

Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea have already been knocked out and Villa beat Premier League rivals West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur in the previous two rounds. But Emery said:

Unai Emery’s bid to play down Aston Villa’s chances of winning the FA Cup raised a few eyebrows among the journalists at his pre-match press conference.Villa host Cardiff City in the fifth round