Ex-Arsenal captain Cesc: Arteta has transformed the place

Former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas says manager Mikel Arteta and his staff have transformed the club.

Cesc has revealed the motivational tactic helping to inspire his former club's title challenge.

Fabregas said: "I was lucky enough to be at the training ground recently.

"And it felt like I'd never been there before because everything had changed so much.

"The manager of the training ground told me that it's 95 per cent Mikel [Arteta] who has changed the whole thing."

Asked to delve deeper into how exactly Arsenal have changed under Mikel Arteta, Cesc Fabregas added: "Everything.