After having flirted with the relegation zone for a long time, Everton has given itself some breathing room in recent weeks by stringing together good results (three wins in five games) to move up to fourteenth place. But during the November international break, the Toffees slipped to penultimate place in the championship by four points after being penalized with a ten-point withdrawal by the Premier League for breaching rules relating to financial flair play .
If this historic sanction has caused a lot of ink to flow across the Channel, it continues to make some people react, like Mikel Arteta. Passed by the Mersey club as a player between 2005 and 2011 (196 appearances, 34 goals), the current Arsenal coach, visibly touched by the situation of the residents of Goodison Park, had strong words towards his former training. “I feel very connected to this club. It’s a difficult moment. Obviously this puts the club in a difficult position, but he’s been in a lot of other difficult positions and he always finds a way out. If there is one quality that I think describes this club, it is courage, determination and fight. They will fight against anything and I wish them the best.”he expressed at a press conference on the sidelines of the Gunners’ trip to Brentford.
