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    Soccer News: Just give me the job! Arsenal great Campbell offers to solve Arteta’s problems

    Former Arsenal defender Sol Campbell urged the Gunners to “just give me the job” as he highlighted the problems under manager Mikel Arteta.

    Sunday’s 2-0 home defeat to Chelsea meant Arsenal opened a league season with two defeats and no goals scored in two games for the first time in their history.

    It also marked the first occasion they ended the day in the relegation zone after more than one game had been played in a season since August 1992.

    Arteta has lost 20 of his 60 league games on the bench, as many as Arsene Wenger has endured in 116 Premier League games at the helm, and the pressure is starting to build on the former Manchester City assistant.

    The Gunners will face West Brom in an EFL Cup match on Wednesday before taking on City champions in the top flight on Saturday before the national team break, and further poor results will leave Arteta in a worrying position as he oversaw a reported net spending of over £ 130 million in this transfer window.

    Campbell, a two-time Premier League winner in his day with Arsenal – including the famous ‘Invincibles’ season of 2003-04 – said the problems laid bare by Chelsea’s defeat were alarmingly simple.

    “It’s hard to watch Arsenal right now, it’s really hard,” the former Macclesfield Town and Southend United boss told talkSPORT.

    “It’s just the effort and the quality. Yes, we have spent a lot of money, more in England at the moment, but it’s the quality, the consistency, the experience.

    “We’re always looking for potential, it’s always nice to have potential, but sometimes you want that immediate and guaranteed success. This is a very, very young side, you have to remember, there is a lack of experience – but they are the basics!

    “Some players have to do the basics. You can lose, but the way we conceded some goals was too easy. The reaction times of some defenders who do not support each other do not evaluate the danger.

    “The first goal slipped beyond the six-yard area: go back and defend. Don’t just wait! It’s simple, it’s A, B, C who defend themselves. Allow Chelsea to score really good goals, not those simple goals. It’s too easy.

    “The gulf of talent and experience was on display. You couldn’t really lose it. Chelsea have had so much time and space. They were head and shoulders above. “

    He added with a laugh: “I’ll tell you what, I’d help them. Just give me the job and I’ll help them!

    “I’ll tell you how to get out of a duo press against Brentford! I mean, what’s going on here?

    “Let’s go back to that game [a 2-0 defeat on August 15], it’s a two person press, it’s pretty easy to train! Go flatter and that pressing midfielder has to run another 10 or 15 yards, which gives you more space in the middle of the park. It’s really simple! “

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