Guendouzi’s departure didn’t bring many tears to Arsenal, despite the hope he had raised in his first games and which had won him, among other things, the praise of Gary Neville.

Quite a symbol: the only current Gunner who has publicly wished him good luck for his loan to Hertha Berlin is the outcast Mesut Özil.

Guendouzi had been in trouble with Mikel Arteta for many months: his indiscipline during an Arsenal training course in Dubai (during which he had a heated argument with a teammate) had already earned him being temporarily excluded from the group in the month of February,

last warning before being sidelined for good following an incident with compatriot, French Brighton striker Neal Maupay, for which the player apparently refused to apologize internally.

"I want players who respect the values ​​we want to put into practice, who are 100% committed to our culture and who can be held accountable every day for what we want from them, ”said Mikel Arteta.

Mattéo Guendouzi's hyper-competitive ability is one of his greatest strengths, but his apparent inability to channel it is the direct cause of his estrangement - temporary? - from the Emirates Stadium. (France Football)