Villarreal coach Unai Emery believes Mikel Arteta is the right manager for Arsenal.
Emery faces his former club this week in the Europa League semi final first-leg.
On his successor, Emery said: “Arteta tries to make his mark on Arsenal and I like that.
“It is easy to identify that he is trying to bring back Arsenal’s tradition of playing beautiful football.
“He played under Arsene Wenger there and I am sure he can apply everything he learned then. I think Arsenal and Arteta is a good marriage.”