Clichy: Coach Tasmanian has changed people s opinions, Arsenal is at the top and there are still people arguing about the way of playing football

November 19th. French defender Clichy played for Arsenal and Manchester City during his playing career. In an interview with Theathletic, he talked about Manchester City midfielder Shirkey, changes in football rules and other topics.

About Cherki

Guardiola hopes to find a way to let Cherki play freely without losing the stability of the team. This is the biggest challenge facing the two, because they face dense defenses every week and it is difficult to find players who can unlock these situations with their feet. If he can make important contributions without the ball, he will become an excellent player, but I don't mean to let him run 13 kilometers every game.

About legendary Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger

Wenger's approach was based on his affinity for a certain type of player, he liked players who had the ball better than anyone else, but that meant we weren't as strong as other teams. Bolton and Stoke took advantage of that, but it wasn't just us. I felt like we were missing two players, a dominant center back and a dominant 6. Maybe we couldn't afford the transfer fee for such a player at the time due to the mortgage on the Emirates Stadium.

On long balls and the emphasis on set pieces this season

Unless we change the rules to encourage teams to play attacking football, this could become a problem. For example, if you are down 4-2, but the third goal counts as 0.5 points. It means you can still get something out of the game rather than having the team defend, which is counterproductive to the love of football.

Every time something new comes out, change is always difficult. People probably laughed when I talked about 0.5 points or throw-ins becoming foot kicks, but decades ago when you could pass the ball back and forth to the goalkeeper (who could catch the ball), the people who proposed the change probably also were laughed at because change always made some people uncomfortable.

About Arteta

Arteta has changed people's perception of Arsenal. In the Premier League, if you ignore the physicality of the game and the set-piece moments, you have big problems and he did what he thought was needed to put Arsenal in a position to win. They're top of the table now but there's still an argument to be made that they didn't play the way Arsenal did, which makes no sense. Arsenal's way is to win trophies, beautiful or not, and the fans will be happy.

We have been talking about Wenger's Arsenal playing very beautiful football 20 years ago, but now times have changed and the players are not of the same generation. For those who still think United need to play like Sir Alex Ferguson and compare these two teams, it's not the coach who is wrong, it's the people who are still comparing these teams who are wrong. We need to accept that coaches have a different vision. Ultimately, you need to win because then almost everyone will say it's good enough.