Oleksandr Zinchenko has revealed that Mikel Arteta has told injured players to travel with the squad and even go into the dressing room before matches, just to conceal injury absences.Photo by Shaun

Arsenal's Mikel Arteta has been known to lean into unorthodox tactics to gain an advantage in recent seasons, though the young manager is yet to capture a Premier League title

Oleksandr Zinchenko has revealed that Mikel Arteta has told injured players to travel with the squad and even go into the dressing room before matches, just to conceal injury absences. Photo by Shaun Botterill/ Writing in his book Believe,

The margins in the Premier League are often very fine and in order to get a small advantage over opposing managers and teams, Oleksandr Zinchenko has revealed a trick Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta likes

In the past, Arteta's unique approach has included secretly hiring a team of professional pickpockets tasked with taking the phones and wallets of his first-team squad during a dinner.

Arsenal defender Oleksandr Zinchenko said the quiet part out loud in his new book, 'Believe', when discussing manager Mikel Arteta's habits for trying to throw off opposing managers... or to use a phrase synonymous with the team to start the season: the dark arts.

Arsenal defender Oleksandr Zinchenko has admitted manager Mikel Arteta "plays games" when it comes to public comments on player injuries. The Gunners boss has been accused of exaggerating the extent of fitness doubts in his squad,

Mikel Arteta has been hard on leaks of information and tactics of Arsenal so it may come as a surprise that one of his players has done just that about the Spaniard's moves before games