On a late summer evening in San Sebastian — or Donostia, as Basque locals know the capital of Guipuzcoa province in northern Spain — a handful of kids were playing football on the glorious La Concha beach. This is where Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta played his first organised games of football, wearing the light blue of Antiguoko, his home city’s …
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