That's why Arsenal signed Mikel Merino for a fairly long period of time. So hopefully Mikel Merino can quickly resolve his contract problems with Arsenal and be able to play with Arsenal soon. Because Mikel Merino will of course be very important capital for Arsenal.
Arsenal are very serious about their team this season. They don't want to be the guard first ranked and fail at the end of the season. This proves that Arteta is very active in adding new players. Meanwhile, Merino should just have to wait for time. I read Merino had a medical test, I think it was only a matter of time. Merino has also played at Newcastle United. The statistics in Sociedad are also quite good. He played 32 times with 5 goals. He can be a creative midfielder to overcome Arsenal's stalemate.
Yes, Arteta of course doesn't want to continue being the first ranked guard in the Premier League. The reason is that so far Arsenal have almost won the Premier League twice, but unfortunately Arsenal always fail at the end of the season. Like the previous season, Arsenal is only 2 points away from Manchester City who are at the top of the Premier League standings. So with that, Arteta will definitely be very serious this season, because it wouldn't be funny if, for example, this season Arsenal's fate returns to the same as previous seasons. So Arteta's move to bring in Mikel Merino will certainly make Arsenal better this season.
Apart from that, Arsenal's current weakness lies only in the consistency of their performance. The reason is, the biggest reason Arsenal failed to become champions in the last two seasons was because their performance always declined towards the end of the season. That's why, Arsenal has always failed in the last two seasons. So in essence, Arteta has to be aware of his team's weaknesses and has to change them so that this doesn't happen again this season. Maybe apart from training physical strength and strategy, Arteta must also be able to train the mentality of his team to make them stronger. Because mentality also has a big influence on the performance of the players. For this reason, Arteta must also be able to strengthen his players' mentality. And speaking of Mikel Merino, it is true that he also played for Newcastle one season and scored 1 goal. So with this, of course the English league is no longer something foreign to Mikel.