We need to review the context and make football more sustainable, reveals Mikel Arteta

However, in a special shareholders meeting Premier League clubs voted against the plans, although they have decided to come to an agreement over a new strategy. It has also seen Mikel Arteta admit that English football needs to figure out a way to “make it more sustainable” and “help each other”. He also added that the plan has to be “agreed on by everyone” and that’s what the Premier League’s statement implied.

"I think it was a very clear statement from the Premier League about what is going to happen.  We all have to review the actual context and how we can help each other to make football more sustainable, but I think it has to be agreed on by everybody and yesterday's statement was very clear regarding that," Arteta told in a press conference.

"I don't think so. I think it's very special the way that the Premier League has conducted itself over the years. I think that's a massive strength so as much as we can, we can maintain that unity and sustain our way of doing things. I think that's very valuable and the image that we project to the outside world is really, really strong. I hope that we can maintain that. I don't know [how important it is]. If you ask all the clubs individually, they probably have different opinions. We have to find a way that works for everybody, that can make this game sustainable and allows us to still evolve in the context we're in at the moment, which is important as well.