Athletic Club manager Ernesto Valverde says Arsenal may have an advantage for their Champions League clash thanks to two players.

Arsenal kick-off the new UCL season on Tuesday evening when they travel to Bilbao, and having reached the semi-finals last season, losing to eventual champions PSG, much is expected of the Gunners.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Monday, Valverde described Mikel Arteta as ‘one of the best managers in the world’.

‘What he’s doing at Arsenal proves it. I don’t say that just because Arsenal have great players, which they’ve always had, but because of what they do, how they play, the spirit they have, how they press you high up, how they don’t let you play, how insistent they are in every duel.

‘And then when it comes to the game, with the technica

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