Oleksandr Zinchenko reveals Mikel Arteta's bizarre injury trick to 'play games' with Arsenal's opponents
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Oleksandr Zinchenko reveals Mikel Arteta's bizarre injury trick to 'play games' with Arsenal's opponents

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Arsenal defender Oleksandr Zinchenko has disclosed more of Mikel Arteta's bizarre tactics deployed to play mind games with opposition teams. 'I've seen Mikel Arteta 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 told The Athletic. Oleksnadr Zinchenko has revealed yet another bizarre tactic that his boss Mikel Arteta uses Arsenal have had several injuries recently during a tough period but the players are still of use Arteta apparently tells injured players to arrive at matches with a wash bag to look like they will be playing, even if they are out It is a tactic the Spaniard may have been using with regularity in recent times due to the injury problems his team have endured. Bukayo Saka was deemed 'uncertain' to play Liverpool last month but then started and scored In 2021, Arteta tried to prepare his players to play at Anfield by playing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' during training It proved to be a tough night for the Gunners as they were thumped by Jurgen Klopp's Reds As shown in the Amazon Prime documentary series All or Nothing, after geeing his players up with some words of encouragement, the Gunners boss asked for speakers to be brought out onto the training field.

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