'Part of my family' - Arteta and Pochettino's love affair - video Dailymotion

Both Mikel Arteta and Mauricio Pochettino have fond memories of the time they shared with each other at PSG.

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00:00 He was critical. He's been one of the most influential persons in my football career,

00:04 first of all as a player. Without him, he took me under the arm like this and he looked

00:10 after me like a little child, a little brother. It was a big part of the success I had in

00:16 Paris. It was because of him. He really looked after me, gave me a lot of confidence, a lot

00:21 of advice and he's been a role model for me since that day. Not only when I was a player

00:27 but as a manager as well because we had to make the decision to leave playing and start

00:34 my coaching career. He had a big say in that and I will always be grateful to what he's

00:39 done for me.

00:40 Amazing memories I think is when you connect with a person like him. We share the values

00:46 and we share the passion of football. Yes, I can tell you he's part of my family from

00:53 day one that he arrived in Paris. We arrived together, we spent time together with our

00:58 families also. First of all in a few months in the hotel and then we lived very close.

01:05 It was an amazing, amazing story. Of course, for me it's not surprising what he's doing

01:11 because he was a coach already when he was 17, when I knew him. He was a coach and trust

01:17 me he was really, really good in the management, in the house football and it's not surprising

01:24 me. He's great, still really young and of course improving day by day. He can be one

01:31 of the greatest managers in the world.