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Ceballos - Arteta's made me a much better player

When Premier League football returned after the restart, Dani Ceballos was one of our standout performers - but he believes his improvement started well before that.

Our on-loan midfielder says the arrival of Mikel Arteta has made a huge difference, not only to him but to the rest of the squad too.

“To be honest, it wasn’t easy for him because he was coming into a dressing room that had already had two other coaches and where the team hadn’t been able to get the results that everyone wanted,” Ceballos told Arsenal Digital. 

“It wasn’t easy for me to get into the team either because I was coming off the back of a long injury lay-off. I felt like I should be playing but I was wrong about that because I wasn’t fit. The coach was really straight with me and said that if I got myself fit and kept working hard, I’d have a chance of getting back into the team. 

“I ended up performing well and repaying the faith he’d shown in me before the Newcastle game. From that moment onwards, we started to build a good coach/player bond and things went well for me personally. I think he’s made me a much better player in the last six months.”

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