Mikel Arteta's future at Arsenal has been called into question when Kroenkes was made aware of a severe fault.

Mikel Arteta’s future at Arsenal has been called into question when Kroenkes was made aware of a severe fault.

Arsenal owners Stan and Josh Kroenke have been made aware of Mikel Arteta’s alleged main defect.

Mikel Arteta may not be the right man to return Arsenal to Premier League success. Due to a key weakness, former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan questions whether the Spaniard is the proper long-term manager for the Gunners.

Arsenal’s title ambitions have been extinguished this season. They were eight points ahead of Manchester City at one point and have led for the majority of the season.

However, a run of just two wins in seven games has City on the verge of a sixth title in six seasons. Pep Guardiola’s team can clinch first place on Sunday if they beat Chelsea or if Arsenal loses to Nottingham Forest the day before.

The absence of William Saliba due to injury has no doubt contributed significantly to Arsenal’s poor form. But, according to Jordan, there’s a lot more to it.

He is skeptical of Arteta’s ability to lead a team to victory. “I also worry, to use a Graeme Souness-ism, that Arteta is a son-in-law,” Jordan told talkSPORT.I’m not convinced he has this special equipment in those narrowing of the eyes that concentrates players’ heads and propels them to the next level. Something was gone, and it wasn’t just Saliba who couldn’t get you through those games.”

Jordan applauded Arteta once more for how he handled Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s final months at Arsenal. But he argues that doesn’t justify how his side completed the last two seasons, with their specific goals in each campaign failing spectacularly.

He added: “[Aubameyang’s] one moment in time and I applaud him for that. That was a courage of your convictions moment.

“But then you’ve got that moment where your team needs to do something different to be able to overcome the business end of the season. Arsenal’s business end to the season was similar to their business end of the season last year for different reasons.

“Now whatever you say and whatever we want to say, which is don’t forget where they came from – well don’t forget where they were. Because where they came from is an incidental that excuses not achieving the ultimate outcome.”

Jordan believes Arteta still has a long way to go before proving he can restore the north London club’s glory days. “Yeah absolutely [Arteta has a lot to prove],” he concluded. There’s this idea that he’ll cut his teeth at Arsenal and finish up in the Manchester City dugout, and I’m not sure if that’s true.

“But the question is Arsenal. First of all, well done for finishing second in the league. Not so well done for stealing defeat from the jaws of victory.

“The third part of the equation is ‘Are they going to build on it? Is the next step to win the league?’ – I don’t think it is.”