My way or highway, says boss

for their jobs and I want people who deliver passion and energy in the football club,” he said.

“Anyone who doesn’t buy into this, or that has a negative effect or whatever, is not good enough for this environment or this culture.

“There are things to change, absolutely, because they’re not performing at the level that we expect them to.

“I would like to understand why they are not performing, what is lacking and what their needs are.

“And with the way of us behaving and playing, to say ‘Wow, now I understand, I click, I feel comfortable. Let’s go for it’.

“If I get to reach that point, then I can help them. Then they will trust me and then they will follow me.”

Mesut Ozil has frustrated Arsenal fans since his £42m signing while captain PierreEmerick Aubameyang is stalling on a new deal because of the lack of Champions League football.

“It’s important what they are bringing to the table those senior players, because we need to generate role models and people have to follow those leaders,” Arteta added.

“I think it is part of your nature. You are or you are not. You can tweak the character or the personality of a player or a person a little bit, but you are or you are not.

“When you understand them, I can take the excuses out of them and focus on the things that are relevant and have an impact on the team on and off the pitch.”

Asked what he had learned from his mentor Pep Guardiola, Arteta said: “What I’ve learned mostly is that you have to be ruthless and you have to be consistent and you have to fit every day the culture of the club to create a winning mentality.

“When you do that, then you are a team and everybody’s together and united you’re stronger.”

Former England coach Steve Round is set to join the coaching staff while Arteta said he had not made a decision on caretaker coach Freddie Ljungberg.

But the Swede tweeted: “I am excited to work with @m8arteta and his staff moving forwards.”