Mikel Arteta: “He’s the player I’d take if I had the right to choose; he plays like a computer”.

Mikel Arteta immediately has one player in mind when asked to pick just one element, and for him, this player performs like a computer.

The manager of Arsenal sees this player as a second coach on the field when he plays.

For him, every coach who has had him under their guidance has had an enormous stroke of luck in their coaching career.

Indeed, we’re talking about the Argentine Lionel Messi. For the Spanish coach Mikel Arteta, Messi is nearly perfect, always making the right decisions like a computer.

“If I could choose one player for my team, I would choose Messi. Those who have coached Messi are very lucky coaches, and their job is somewhat easy.

Because if you have a team with two coaches, your coaching mission is easy. The coach on the field is Messi. He is a very intelligent coach who doesn’t need advice. He plays as if he has a computer in his head and moves an entire team.

He doesn’t let the coach speak or give orders. Let Messi play and enjoy it,” said the former PSG midfielder.

The Spanish technician at Arsenal is indeed not the only one to praise La Pulga in this way.

Even José Mourinho recently stated that Messi is the only player he would have liked to coach in his career and didn’t have the chance to.