Mikel Arteta has spoken of his sadness after discovering the huge impact that managing Newcastle and personal abuse had on Steve Bruce.
Bruce and Newcastle parted ways on Wednesday with the 60 year-old revealing how the strain the job and criticism placed on him and his family means he now might not return to management.
Arsenal manager Arteta said: ‘I was really sad after reading that statement from Steve. First of all because I know him personally and secondly with what he transmitted in his words.
‘You’re talking about somebody who has been in the game over 40 years as a player and manager, that has managed over 1000 games and he is telling you, with that experience, with that level of expertise that he has because you have [to have that] to sustain it at that level, that he struggles with that kind of situation.