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could be a problem for some fans, but insisted he was not daunted by the challenge.

“I will give every drop of blood for this football club to make it better,” he said.

During the press conference, caretaker Freddie Ljungberg tweeted that he was looking forward to working with the new manager, but Arteta said there had not yet been a decision on what role Ljungberg would take.

Arteta, who said he felt he was “back home” after returning to the club he captained during his five-season spell as a player there, will be tasked with reversing the fortunes of a Gunners team who have won just one of their last 12 games.

And he immediately made clear his expectations.

“I have to try and convince the players about what I want to do, how I want to do it,” he added.

“They have to start accepting a different process, a different way of thinking and I want to get all the staff and everybody at the club with the same mindset.

“We have to build a culture that has to sustain the rest. If you don’t have the right culture, in the difficult moments, the tree is going to shake.

“So my job is to convince everybody that this is how we are going to live and, if you are going to be part of this organisation, it has to be in these terms.”

Asked if he felt the club had lost its way, Arteta added: “That’s what I’m sensing from the outside. I would like to start to make some steps and start to understand the reasons why. There will be reasons behind it.

“I have to try to understand quickly why this is, to implement certain things that will be quick wins, for the players, the staff and everybody. That is the challenge now.

“We don’t have much time to train, much time to talk about other things, because there are some important games coming up.

“We have to create the right vibe, the right energy, and everybody at the organisation has to feel so privileged to be here. There’s no other way.