Absolutely. That goes for players and managers. A bad spell at a club does not mean an individual can’t be successful in an environment that’s more conducive with their qualities.
Emery would do better at Arsenal than he did at PSG as I believe we offer him an environment that suits his managerial style more.
Not sure anyone is saying Arteta is the better option on paper, it’s not an easy argument to make.
Sure Emery is more"proven", however, managing at PSG demonstrated many flaws and even though there’s nowhere the level of expectation here that he was under at PSG there’s every chance that these flaws are not a one time deal.
He’d be up against a host of baller managers here and I’m not sure he’s up to the task, same could be said of Arteta of course. We need a strong #1 and not a good #2 and there’s no way to know what he is but I suppose there’s an appeal in that.
I seem to remember I wanted Emery to succeed Arsene from 2015/16 onwards. His first season with PSG was very disappointing, yet it seems unfair to judge the man on his inability to get PSG past the round of 16 in the CL. Over the two games I thought PSG were better than Real Madrid, yet it did highlight some flaws in his tactics and a degree of naivety.
I still think I’d prefer him over Arteta but it’s not as clear cut to me as it once would’ve been.