Arsenal 'ready to fight for everything' under 'one of world's best coaches'
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Former Arsenal star Santi Cazorla expects the Gunners to fight for honours this season and has backed their transfer business.
The midfielder, who helped Real Oviedo to promotion to La Liga last season, also believes Mikel Aretra is one of the world's best coaches.
Cazorla made 180 appearances for Arsenal in six years before leaving in 2018 to join Villarreal after a recovering from a series of serious Achilles issues.
Cazorla and Arteta played together at the Emirates, winning two FA Cups, with the latter taking the Gunners to their Premier League opener at Manchester United on Sunday.
Cazorla told BBC Sport: "I'm sure they will fight for everything. They are signing very good players - [Martin] Zubimendi and [Viktor] Gyokeres from Sporting.
"I love this club now. They are a really good team and have one of the best coaches in the world. I know him very well and he was my captain when I was there.
"They have good young players like [Bukayo] Saka, [Martin] Odegaard, [Gabriel] Martinelli, [William] Saliba.
"They are ready to fight with the best teams in the Premier League and it was amazing to watch them against Real Madrid and PSG, but sometimes in football you don't have luck.
"I always support and follow them."