Arsenal's 60-job cut was put to Mikel Arteta at his pre-Nottingham Forest news conference, and he made clear it was not his decision to explain. The club said the move will affect up to seven per cent of its 871 permanent staff. The redundancies will not affect coaching or performance staff in the men's or women's setups.
Arteta's response
Arteta said the decision had been presented to him as part of a wider review. Speaking to the BBC, he said: "It was explained to me about the exercise, and the analysis that has been done across the club, and with the intention always to evolve, to improve."
He added: "Some decisions have to be taken to put people in the right roles, and keep investing, to achieve what we want to achieve, the success that we want to create. That has been explained."
He also declined to go further when asked for detail: "Obviously, I am not the right person to answer that question. That's for sure. And hopefully everybody will respect that."
The club's wider review
The timing sits inside a broader run of events at Arsenal. The workforce review was already under way before the club won the Premier League last season, its first league title since 2004. A week before the job cuts were discussed, Arsenal announced a new four-year contract for Arteta.
On the pitch, Arsenal are second in the Premier League with 15 points from six matches, and their recent league form is WLWWW. The club's next league test is Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal on Sunday.
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