Spurs are teaching Arsenal a lesson on how to act like a big club

5 months after he took them to a Champions League final, Spurs have sacked Mauricio Pochettino for poor league results – something Arsenal can learn from.

If you use social media regularly, you likely will have seen a vast majority of Arsenal fans calling for Unai Emery’s sacking over the course of the last few months or so. The Spaniard has simply not been convincing throughout 2019, as Arsenal’s stature in world football continues to take a sharp decline.

Across town, Spurs showed their harsh side this week, in sacking Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday and hiring Jose Mourinho the morning after. While you might not be a fan of the move, the fact that the club acted in such a cut-throat manner to sack a manager who has underperformed only for a few months, showed their hunger for success and stability. Jose Mourinho hasn’t found too much success lately either, but there’s no denying that he’s still among the best managers in world football, and of all-time.

For Arsenal, things seem the exact opposite, as the board continues to back Unai Emery despite there being hardly a reason to do so. For this reason, Spurs are now the ones acting like a big club, while Arsenal continues to fade into irrelevancy.

Over the past few years, Spurs have overtaken Arsenal in terms of quality, finishing above the Gunners for 3 consecutive seasons. Pochettino taking them all the way to the Champions League final, something Arsenal couldn’t even dream of at this moment, as they can’t seem to even qualify for the competition, proves this fact even more.

Arsenal needs to act quickly if they want to keep pace with their rivals, and honestly, keep pace with their own expectations and stature within the game as well. For this reason alone, they need to find their courage to make harsh, cut-throat decisions that can benefit the club in both the long and short-term.

Just over a week ago, The Athletic’s David Ornstein, who is normally well informed about the ongoings behind the scenes at Arsenal, claimed that the Arsenal hierarchy is ‘100% behind Unai Emery’ and believe that the club is ‘on the right path’. He also claimed that the club sees Arsenal fans’ negative opinions on Unai Emery as just ‘noise’, which is utterly ridiculous. A club should always take fan opinions into account, especially when it is as convincing, persistent, and widely agreed-upon among the fanbase as this topic.

Sacking Unai Emery, which seems a more and more convincing move by the day, is the first step towards achieving this. The Gunners, renowned for playing such fine football throughout the Premier League era, have never been more dull and uninspiring to watch as they are now.

Along with that, the management of players has never been Emery’s strong suit, and the likelihood of important players like Torreira and Aubameyang leaving the club sooner rather than later is growing.

The likes of Raul Sanllehi and Vinai Venkatesham seemingly turning a blind eye to Arsenal’s disastrous Europa League final performance, along with their awful form throughout 2019 in general, especially away from home, is a scary thought for fans of the club.

Arsenal might be too proud a club for their own good, as they seem to prefer backing managers for the long-run, even if they don’t deserve it, rather than cut their losses and find a better fit. This stubborn mentality absolutely should not be allowed to continue, as it might leave them on the outside of the top 4 looking in, once again.