Arteta reflects on time at Everton as Arsenal gear up for final Goodison clash

Arsenal play Everton at Goodison one final time before the Toffees move to Bramley-Moore Dock

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been reflecting on his time at Everton as the teams gear up to play their last-ever clash at Goodison Park.

Goodison Park plays host to the Gunners as they take on David Moyes' side in the final game between the two teams at the stadium that has hosted matches in this fixture since 1905.

Everton will be playing Arsenal at their 132-year-old stadium one last time, before they move to Bramley-Moore Dock next term.

Arteta, who spent six years with Everton between 2005 and 2011, is looking forward to returning to his former stamping ground, as the Toffees gear up to move to their new ground this summer. 

During the time Arteta was a Blue, Moyes’ Toffees finished as high as fourth in the Premier League, reached the last 16 of the UEFA Cup, and made it to the semi-finals of the League Cup.

“It will be very special,” Mikel Arteta said in his pre-match press conference on Friday. “There’s a lot of history as well between the clubs and I have my own personal story which was a beautiful one, with the manager that has just come back now and he's doing extremely well.

“I’m so happy for the club and for David because it's never easy to come back there for the second time.

“In my opinion, he was the person who lifted that club to a different level and now he's on the journey to do it again once they move to a new stadium, so I think it's a really nice story.”

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