Mikel Arteta says it would be foolish to think he could be as good as Cesc Fabregas

NEVER GUNNER BE AS GOOD ... Cesc Fabregas left Mikel Arteta with big boots to fill

MIKEL ARTETA says it would be foolish to think he could ever be as good as Cesc Fabregas.

The Spanish schemer joined Arsenal in a £10million deadline-day deal from Everton following Fabregas' £40m move to Barcelona.
And Arteta, 29, insists he knows his limitations as he battles to help Arsene Wenger's team recover from their worst start to a Premier League season.
He said: "I am not here to replace Cesc and I would be wrong to try that.
"Cesc was the best player at Arsenal and one of the top three in the entire Premier League.
"I have no aim to become that. My target is simply to try to reach my highest level as a player and to help the team.
"Cesc was at Arsenal for seven years. I have been here for a few weeks. If I try to be equal to or better than him, I would be confusing myself.
"We're different personalities with a different style. I must find my own way to do well for Arsenal."
The Gunners lie 15th in the Premier League after losing four of their first seven games.
Arteta is still coming to terms with his new surroundings after six years at Goodison Park — and revealed that his big move almost never happened.
He said: "There was a lot of stress and uncertainty on deadline day. At three o'clock, I thought I was an Arsenal player then, at 6pm, it was all off.
"At 8.30, the move was back on again but there was no time for me to have a medical.
"I went to Arsenal's offices and told them they had to trust me.
"Then, at 11.10, when they were registering my transfer with the Premier League, the fax machine broke down.
"Thankfully, everything went well in the end.
"David Moyes understood my situation with Everton. When we got the offer from Arsenal on August 31, he looked into my eyes and said, 'You want to go, don't you?'
"I told him this was my big chance and that the club would be getting a big cash injection by selling me, so it was best for both parties."
Another new signing, Per Mertesacker, admits he is still having language problems at the Emirates.
The defender, 27, said: "I've only been gone a month from Germany. I have not yet properly acclimatised.
"Sometimes it feels like an extended holiday. Only slowly am I starting to get used to the fact that the centre of my life is now actually in London.
"I still have communication problems but given the circumstances this is inevitable."