Arteta hopes player strikes don't occur over fixture congestions

Mikel Arteta believes player strikes won't be necessary as long as change occurs to amend the fixture schedule

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00:00I hope we don't go. If we have that big piece of paper with those two principles there in front before we make any decision,

00:06all of us in our industry, we won't get there. If we don't and we just ignore that, then anything is possible.

00:13The robbery last season spoke quite passionately about players feeling at the point where they might have to strike to get their voices heard.

00:20Is that when you talk about anything it's possible, your kind of fears that people aren't being listened to,

00:24it takes extreme measures to get with it?

00:26Hopefully not. If we look after the players' warfare and our supporters, I think we're never going to get to that point.

00:34And that's it. And we have to close the window there. We cannot open that window.

00:38It has to be closed. It's our most precious value. We have the best league in the world.

00:44And we cannot just open any window for anything just to lose that because we don't respect that.

00:52and we forget what we are made of and what it makes this game and this league so, so special.

00:58And if we respect that, I'm sure we're going to be totally fine.

01:01So, thank you.