Arteta on 'survive or die' at Rangers

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been discussing his career with BBC Sport columnist Guillem Balague in an exclusive hour-long interview.

Here’s what the Spaniard had to say on his move to Rangers in 2002 and his "survive or die" experience in Scotland...

"[When I was at PSG] we played in the Champions League against Rangers. We had to go to Glasgow. I went there and said: 'Wow, what is this?'. I'd never seen an atmosphere like it, looking at how passionate the people were.

"[Rangers] came in for me straight after that game and it was an opportunity. My only condition was I wanted to reunite my family. We had been split up for a while. It was time we got together, so let’s embrace it and go to Glasgow, a different experience for all of us.

"It was really challenging, completely different football, you have to survive or die. An amazing club, fascinating environment, crazy team. I lived games that will stick with me for the rest of my life.

"It was a completely different world. Alex McLeish was the manager. He had completely different ideas, completely different methods. He talked about the game in a different way.

"I had to adapt, going to stadiums where the style is really different, the surface, the weather. But it was really, really healthy for me, it made me a better player."

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