Arteta credits Saka, Rice and Raya's mentality after opening day victory

Mikel Arteta praises Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka & David Raya' mentality to return quickly after Euro 2024

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00:00How impressed were those three not having a proper pre-season to come and do that?

00:17I'm not surprised. That's their mentality. Straight after the last game they said I'm

00:22going to be ready for the first game. I spoke to them this summer to try and arrange the

00:26best plan. They wanted to be early. They wanted to be back. They were already getting

00:30prepared. They were on holidays. This is the mentality that we need. If players are doing

00:35that, that compromise will grow around the team and they will step up the level. That's

00:40what we need.