'It's love' - Arteta overjoyed by fans' reaction to Calafiori - video Dailymotion

Mikel Arteta says he loved seeing the fans' reception for Riccardo Calafiori in his first game for Arsenal

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00:00I just love it. When the fans support us and react like that to one of our own, it's great.

00:07The way you feel straight away, it's love, it's respected. They are right behind you

00:12and that's an unbelievable platform for many players to join our club.

00:17It brings a lot of versatility because you can play in three different positions and

00:21especially in attack you can occupy different spaces because he's a real defender. When

00:26you see his presence, his physicality, how he goes through the duels, it's unbelievable.

00:33Then obviously he's done a lot last year and I think he's a player that can improve us.