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Arsenal faced Monaco in the Champions League on Wednesday night (Picture: Getty)
Rival fans have mocked Arsenal after an ’embarrassing and cringey’ mural of set-piece coach Nicolas Jover was spotted outside the Emirates Stadium.
The new mural, which depicts a smiling Jover in an Arsenal jacket beside a corner quadrant, was spotted for the first time ahead of the club’s Champions League clash with Monaco on Wednesday night.
Arsenal have become set-piece kings over the past two seasons, scoring more goals from corners than any other team in Europe’s big five leagues.
While clearly nothing to be ashamed of, fans of other clubs have jokingly likened Arsenal to Tony Pulis’ Stoke City.
Gunners boss Mikel Arteta poached set-piece analyst Jover from his former club Manchester City in 2021 and the German has now been given his own mural close to the Emirates stadium.
Jover has been hailed as a ‘genius’ by fellow set-piece coaches and Arteta has repeatedly highlighted the 43-year-old’s importance to his side.
But Jover also has his critics, with ex-Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville somewhat bizarrely labelling him the ‘most annoying bloke in football’ last week.
The new mural got a mixed reception (Picture: X)
Arsenal poached set-piece coach Nicolas Jover from Man City (Picture: X)
Rival fans were not overly impressed by the mural of Jover and suggested it was ’embarrassing and cringey’.
‘This is just embarrassing,’ said one fan, while another posted on X: ‘This is why Arsenal will never win anything.’
A fan who appears to support Liverpool said: ‘Nah this is the cringiest thing I’ve ever seen.
‘I’d half understand if you won something and this set-piece coaching was the main reason but a mural after a quarter of a season just because you’ve scored a few set-pieces has to be the most Arsenal thing ever.’
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