Arteta has done a great job at Arsenal since taking charge at theNorth London club in 2019. The Spaniard has turned the Gunners into title challengers.
Mertesacker played alongside Van Persie for a season, before the Dutchman signed for Manchester United in 2012. The German centre-back went on to represent thenorth London club for seven seasons and is now manager of the Arsenal academy.
William Saliba has said he is joining "one of thegreat French clubs" in Marseille after sealing his latest loan spell away from Arsenal. The 20-year-old was signed by the Gunners for £27m in 2019.
"I was talking about thegreat people we have; great professionals that bring the debate to rich conclusions. "Let me use again the word responsibility.
Mourinho was fired by Spurs with the club sitting in seventh in the Premier League. TheNorth London side were also dumped out of the Europa League in embarrassing fashion in March.
He further enjoined them to pray for their colleagues who are still in the theatre for God's protection and continued victory over the remnants of the enemies of our great nation, Boko Haram terrorists.
The Frenchman's astonishing tenure in north London has now been commemorated with a bronze statue outside of theNorth Bank stand of the Emirates Stadium.
A win at Newcastle for Gunners on Monday would put them in front of their North London rivals again and put the battle for fourth place into the final day of the season next week.
The Ghanaian returned from a month-long absence to start thenorth London Derby on December 6th but broke down again with a recurrence of a thigh problem.
"Our ICC matches in the United States in July will provide the team with a high level of preparation going into the 2019/20 season, and also give us the opportunity to play live in front of our many supporters across this great country.