{"id":325964,"date":"2026-04-28T21:35:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=325964"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:05:37","slug":"gary-lineker-says-60m-star-should-take-arsenal-team-talks-as-an-alternative-of-mikel-arteta-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/gary-lineker-says-60m-star-should-take-arsenal-team-talks-as-an-alternative-of-mikel-arteta-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Lineker says \u00a360m star should ‘take Arsenal team talks’ as an alternative of Mikel Arteta | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gary Lineker still has faith in Arsenal (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gary Lineker has named the important thing player for Arsenal as they give the impression of being to clinch the Premier League title and win the Champions League.<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta\u2019s side returned to the highest of the Premier League with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Newcastle United on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Gunners were the heavy favourites to win the title just a number of weeks ago but back-to-back defeats, the second against title title rivals Manchester City, blew the race wide open.<\/p>\n

A clash with Eddie Howe\u2019s Newcastle might have been one other banana skin for Arsenal but they clinched a very important victory due to Eberechi Eze\u2019s early goal.<\/p>\n

England legend Lineker was impressed by not only Eze\u2019s contribution against Newcastle but additionally his post-match interview through which he said he was \u2018loving\u2019 being a part of a title-chasing team.<\/p>\n

Lineker says Arsenal \u2018need more players like Eze\u2019 given the nervousness within the squad and suggested he should \u2018take the team talks\u2019 as an alternative of Arteta in the course of the run-in.<\/p>\n

\u2018You\u00a0have\u00a0to\u00a0give Eberechi Eze numerous credit because that was a stunning finish,\u2019 Lineker said on The Rest is Football podcast<\/a>. \u2018I\u00a0saw\u00a0his\u00a0post-match interview and he\u2019s\u00a0so\u00a0relaxed.<\/p>\n

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Eberechi Eze scored Arsenal\u2019s winner against Newcastle (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018And\u00a0you\u00a0just\u00a0think\u00a0to\u00a0yourself,\u00a0perhaps\u00a0put\u00a0him\u00a0in charge\u00a0of\u00a0this! In that interview he just said, \u201cno, I\u2019m not nervous, I just love playing football, it\u2019s great and I need to be on this position\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018That is totally the appropriate attitude.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0obviously easy to talk like that when\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0just bent one into the highest corner and scored a hugely vital goal.<\/p>\n

\u2018But I see it like\u00a0that,\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0the way it needs to be for these players.\u00a0I still think Arsenal\u00a0look so edgy, they need more players like Eberechi Eze.<\/p>\n

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\u2018I\u00a0said\u00a0early\u00a0on\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0game\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0one\u00a0person\u00a0who\u00a0looks\u00a0really\u00a0relaxed\u00a0on the\u00a0moment\u00a0is\u00a0Eze.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u00a0think\u00a0his\u00a0interviews\u00a0after\u00a0the\u00a0game,\u00a0so\u00a0relaxed,\u00a0so\u00a0calm,\u00a0and\u00a0he\u00a0exudes\u00a0confidence\u00a0and\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0just\u00a0said, \u201cthis\u00a0is\u00a0beautiful\u00a0and\u00a0this\u00a0is\u00a0what\u00a0we\u00a0want\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u00a0loved\u00a0that,\u00a0I believed it was such a fantastic interview.\u00a0Possibly he\u00a0should take the team\u00a0talks\u00a0over the subsequent few weeks\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n

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Newcastle legend Alan Shearer also noticed Arsenal\u2019s \u2018nerves\u2019 in Saturday\u2019s game and claimed Arteta\u2019s side were \u2018there for the taking\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018If\u00a0only\u00a0the\u00a0rest\u00a0of\u00a0his\u00a0teammates\u00a0felt\u00a0like\u00a0that\u00a0because\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0no\u00a0way\u00a0they\u2019re feeling as relaxed as he’s because they were there for the taking, Shearer said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Newcastle\u00a0should\u00a0have\u00a0got\u00a0something\u00a0out\u00a0of\u00a0that\u00a0game.\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0were there for the taking.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal and Man City\u2019s remaining fixtures (Picture: Metro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018Strangely, I\u00a0watched\u00a0the\u00a0Arsenal game last week against Man City and I watched the Arsenal game against Newcastle and I used to be more hopeful of them winning the league after losing last week than I used to be after watching them win on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u2018Simply because of how nervy and edgy they were against Newcastle, a team that were in rotten form.<\/p>\n

\u2018But\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0won\u00a0the\u00a0game\u00a0and\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0the\u00a0most\u00a0vital\u00a0thing.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0what\u00a0they\u00a0have\u00a0to\u00a0do\u00a0by some means\u00a0from\u00a0now\u00a0until\u00a0the\u00a0end\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0season.<\/p>\n

\u2018They\u2019re\u00a0in\u00a0there\u00a0fighting\u00a0and\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0in\u00a0there\u00a0winning.\u00a0And\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0the\u00a0most\u00a0vital\u00a0thing\u00a0from\u00a0an\u00a0Arsenal point\u00a0of\u00a0view.<\/p>\n

\u2018But\u00a0they\u00a0do look\u00a0very,\u00a0very\u00a0nervous.\u00a0They\u00a0were\u00a0there\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0taking\u00a0for Newcastle\u00a0and\u00a0Newcastle\u00a0weren\u2019t\u00a0able\u00a0to\u00a0do it.\u2019<\/p>\n

Arsenal\u2019s attentions now turn to the primary leg of their Champions League semi-final tie against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

European champions PSG face German giants Bayern Munich in the opposite semi-final. <\/p>\n

For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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