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Cook needs time to serve up a tasty treat

by
The LeaguePaper Team
19 September 2021

Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

IF MIKEL Arteta needs a sympathetic ear, he could do a lot worse than pour his heart out to Paul Cook.
Arsenal’s beleaguered manager and his similarly imperilled counterpart at Ipswich Town operate in very different spheres.
Cook certainly doesn’t have Pep Guardiola on speed dial, nor is he ever likely to spend £142m on players in a single summer.
Scale aside, however, the fundamental issue keeping both men awake at night is practically identical.
Arteta spoke for both ahead of last week’s victory over Norwich. “We are trying to build a medium-to...

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