Neil Warnick has told Mikel Arteta has been told that his decision to loan out players such as Ainsley Maitland-Niles,Pierre -Emerick Aubameyang and Calum chambers has come back to bite the club in their top four chase
The gunners were soundly beaten on Monday night when the traveled across London to face Crystal Palace. Ghost from Jean-Philippe Mateta, Jordan Ayew and Wilfred Zaha gave Patrick Vieira the bragging rights over his former club as Arteta's men fell behind Tottenham in the race for the top-four.
It has left them under pressure and with Thomas Partey,Kieran Tierney and Takehiro Tomiyasu suffering fitness issues,they have been left thin in the ground.As Arsenal thrived in December, Arteta made the decision to shed some of the more unused members of the squad.
Aubameyang,Chambers and Maitland-Niles all departed,as did Folain Balogun,Sead Kilasinac and Pablo Mari and Arteta defended the decision in midweek.But with Arsenal now facing an uphill battle to make the top-four,Warnock says the decision has come back to hunt them.
"I think at the time Mikel Arteta would thought it was good to get rid of a lot players due to the size of the squad, when they didn't have many injuries,but it has come to bite him,"Warnock said during an interview."Now he would have wished that he kept two or three of them."
"Even if he didn't like them or he knew he was going to get rid of them,he could have done it at the end of the season instead and given the team a better chance,so it is in his own back.Buck I imagined he is happier with the dressing room,being able to get rid of one or two players because is key for a manager."
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