Mikel Arteta thought of quitting final season after Arsenal implosion misplaced title

He added: “For sure we have to enjoy it because this is the way we want to move the club. We have to be able to enjoy and then grab the opportunity we have in front of us with a lot of motivation and desire to try to accomplish everything we want to do.

“There’s extra expectation as a result of, while you do higher, expectation might be greater and due to the way in which we’ve recruited. And it’s not solely within the place [we finished] however the way in which the group was taking part in and the performances that we put in on the pitch, and the atmosphere which was created across the membership that promotes the assumption.

“And we need to be very clear that what happened last season means nothing, we know that we have to start another season in the best possible way and then we arrive again and try to build that momentum.”