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Is he the man who has finally fired the Gunners back into regular Premier League contention, or has he just happened to be the one at the helm at a time when the owners have released the handbrake on transfer spending?

The answer may well be somewhere between the two, but Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards last summer were determined to try and separate as best as possible a coach's achievements from all of the other factors in team success.

He is on the brink of securing the Premier League title, the primary goal which has long eluded Arteta at Arsenal.



But Arteta has routinely shown himself to be something of a gimmicky manager.

He hired pickpockets to rob Arsenal players in a bid to make a point about remaining alert.

He brought a lightbulb into the dressing room — that one was something about energy and electricity.

And then there was the time when he blared You'll Never Walk Alone through the speakers at the Arsenal training ground to prepare his players for the Anfield atmosphere.

Rodgers' tricks included revealing some envelopes, which supposedly contained the names of players who would let the team down that season.

Rodgers, of course, is a very good manager, and came close to the Premier League title himself

Without any of the smoke and mirrors employed by Arteta or Rodgers, he has marched straight to the summit of the hardest league in the world.

Arteta might get there one day — he still has a remote chance of doing it this season, and denying Slot a debut title
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