reijndeers reblogged
the arsenal/man city rivalry is very interesting to me because it's clear (especially in this season) that the players 100% despise each other and the clubs they represent BUT then you have arteta who is clearly holding back because he's known pep since he was a teenager at la masia and is clearly still attached to him (see tortured love confession after the four years comment). like i think it would be so much easier for arteta if he didn't have that history with pep but he does and i think he's genuinely torn by these two realities. i have no idea how it's going to end but i'm eating it up.
#pepteta thesis#first season that we actually seem like equals#which must be so strange to arteta#who's literally been subordinate to pep for as long as he's known him#it confuses him and it frustrates pep#'if someone wants to damage the relationship#'that's not in my hands'#very reminiscent of#'if he wants to go by things written [...] then fine. if that matters more than our relationship#'that's up to him'#so interesting how pep is taking a little after mourinho in this#and arteta is like pep himself#parallels even down to how long they worked together#ok yap sesh over#pep guardiola#mikel arteta