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Mikel: “We have to be creative”

Following the news that Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling will both be out injured for a number of weeks, Mikel Arteta discussed what it means for the team going forward.

Speaking in his pre-Ipswich Town press conference at Sobha Realty Training Centre on Monday, our manager said he will have to come up with some creative solutions.

“We have to look internally at what we have and be creative, do a very good exercise again,” he explained. “How can we mould the squad? How can we adapt to the circumstances and be different? We cannot pretend to be the same. We’re going to have to be different and try to find the best way to do it and be very competitive and win a lot of games.

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“I am putting some ideas together. I haven’t got there yet, but I have a few. Then I want to speak with them as well, to understand how we are going to generate that and take it in a positive way. Because we are going to be different.

“We went through the period [without] Martin, we went through the period with five, six defenders missing, we went through the period without many other players. We will continue to do that: finding ways and taking it with positive energy. That’s it.

“I make sure that we utilise every player in the best possible potential. Everyone has to feel part of it. You need to rediscover players in different positions, relationships. It’s a great one. It’s a really good exercise and the boys are willing to do anything we demand them to do. That’s a really good thing as well.”

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