Arsenal -Manager Mikel Arteta has been fired from a former club captain with their Premier League title that is again inadequate.
The side of Arteta has fallen 15 points behind the runners Liverpool and this season only have 10 league games.
The Gunners look ready to finish second for a third consecutive season with twice in title races against Manchester City.
With their title offer to fall short, Arteta and Arsenal have had to deal with criticism from supporters about their failures to sign a striker in recent transfer windows.
Kai Havertz is largely used as the spearhead in the Arsenal attack, with the German their top Premier League goalkeeper with nine this campaign.
Havertz's seasonal hamstring injury Last month, the failure of Arsenal to recruit in the attack in the transfer window of January further exposed.
Former Arsenal captain William Gallas, who made 142 performances for the club between 2006 and 2010, blamed the door of Arteta.
Gallas claimed that failure to sign a striker in the past two seasons was 'completely unacceptable' and said that the proof was that Arsenal “is not the right man for Arsenal to win the competition.”
“He had that chance to do it, he didn't,” said Gallas Prime Casino.
'The simple truth is that the best managers make the right decisions at the right time. The best managers, the world class managers, they do everything that is needed to win the Premier League.
'Signing a striker seems to be a blind spot for Arteta, which is why Arsenal finished second for two seasons.
'Arsenal should have signed a big striker in the summer of 2023, but they didn't. They should have signed one in the summer of 2024, but they didn't.
'CEO managers do not make the same mistake two seasons in a row, which is completely unacceptable.
“It is unacceptable that Arsenal makes the same mistakes with the same manager year after year.”
Arsenal has attacked in recent weeks, such as Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus on the sidelines with injuries.
The Gunners did not win in their last three Premier League matches, against Nottingham Forest and Man United, and lose at home against West Ham.
The side of Arteta, however, is ready to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League that the Dutch Outfit PSV 7-1 crushed in the first stage last week.
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