Madueke abuse only made me want to sign him more - Arteta - video Dailymotion

Mikel Arteta says fan abuse and online petitions only fuelled his desire to sign Noni Madueke from Chelsea.

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00:00Well, I'm very pleased with him since the day that I came, his attitude, the energy

00:04that he's brought to the team, another kind of threat, his capacity to play right and

00:09left, and his skill set is different to what we had.

00:14We saw again that on Wednesday, starting on one position, then changing to the other position

00:19and being very, very efficient, so great to have him back.

00:23I don't know, if anything, he gave me more conviction and more will to help him and to

00:29do everything that we possibly could to make this relationship work and prepare everything

00:34around him in the best possible way.

00:36But I think that lasted a very short period of time and immediately we had completely

00:40the opposite reaction, which I think he valued, respected and it was like fuel to him.

00:47It didn't affect him at all, did it?

00:48I don't think so.