Lee Dixon urges Guendouzi to take Arteta's message on board to get to next level
"I completely agree with leaving him out," Lee Dixon told the PA news agency of Matteo Guendouzi. "It wouldn't have happened in my day – well, it might have happened once but it wouldn't have happened again.
"Somebody needs to have a word with him and I'm sure Arteta has done – he wouldn't have just left him out at Southampton and not said anything. There will have been a conversation and then it is about the ability of that player to take that message on board and see what he does with them.
"You don't just do what the coach says, you listen and use your football intelligence to work out the good bits, the bad bits and what will get you to the next level. The next level for him is not being sat at home and watching the game on TV, it is about being in the team every week."
Arteta explained Guendouzi's omission from the matchday squad against Southampton by tactical reasons.
However, after the game the boss confirmed there's an issue with the player and it will be solved interanally.
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