Oleksandr Zinchenko divulged an Arsenal secret that perhaps his manager didn't want said out loud.
Arsenal defender Oleksandr Zinchenko said the quiet part out loud in his new book, 'Believe', when discussing manager Mikel Arteta's habits for trying to throw off opposing managers... or to use a phrase synonymous with the team to start the season: the dark arts.
"I've seen him tell injured players to come on the team bus and walk into the dressing room with their wash bag, to put the other manager off the scent," Zinchenko wrote in his book viaWhether or not Arteta necessarily wanted that revealed is one thing, but it's confirmation to something supporters and rivals more or less knew.manager tries to give his team every advantage possible on and off the pitch.
Arteta's not the first manager to try and keep opposing managers on their toes, and he won't be the last. But, Zinchenko's admission warrants the question whether he appreciates a player in his squad revealing the lengths to which he's willing to go or not.Max Mallow is an editor for Sports Illustrated Soccer. Somehow, he has just enough time every matchday to tweet when an Arsenal player scores a goal.
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