Rangerscoverboy
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Arsenal: Mikel Arteta on childhood, career & family
BBC Sport visits Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta at his home to discuss his career on the pitch and the touchline.
www.bbc.co.uk
This particular nugget
He copped a lot of flack from us at the time because the chat was homesick and then he finds himself at Everton soon after.After his time in Scotland, a 24-year-old Arteta moved to Spanish side Real Sociedad in the hope of keeping his family together after his parents said they were getting divorced.
“I felt so guilty. I didn't know if that was because of me and trying to pursue my dream. I feel very responsible for that,” he says.
“I never felt that it was the right call [to move back to Spain], but I had a duty and I wanted to reconnect my parents and my family again.
“It was a disaster. It never worked in that sense. I never felt connected in any moment."
At the end of the day, these guys are just human like the rest of us and have things going on in life that we aren't privvy to - nor do we deserve to be.
Guy obvioiusly thought being at home might help his family before realising it was out of his hands.