EPL: Arteta reveals he asked Arsenal players to vote new captain

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has revealed he asked his squad to vote for a new captain this week.

According to him, all the players unanimously picked the current skipper, Martin Odegaard, to continue in the role.

This comes in a week where former Arsenal captain, Tony Adams, asked Arteta to take the armband away from Odegaard.

Adams claimed Declan Rice would make a better captain for the current squad.

But Arteta told reporters today: “My opinion is clear, and it is the same as all the staff and the players.

“I asked them to vote [for] the captain yesterday and by a mile, by a mile, they all chose the same person, Martin Odegaard.

“Which is the most clear sign you can have of how the squad feel we can improve.”

EPL: Arteta reveals he asked Arsenal players to vote new captain