Mesut Ozil took to Twitter to welcome new Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, just minutes after the announcement was made.Ozil and Arteta were teammates for three years at the Gunners, a time in which Arsenal won two FA Cups.The German midfielder is clearly happy to see Arteta return to the Emirates, tweeting: ‘Welcome back to the Arsenal family’, alongside an image of the pair playing together in the Champions League.The tweet already has nearly 30,000 likes and six and a half thousand retweets, with Arsenal fans generally excited at the prospect of seeing the old Ozil they used to adore.Ozil has struggled for form this season, constantly finding himself out of the matchday squad or among the substitutes. He is also yet to score in this campaign.- Arsenal officially confirm Mikel Arteta as their new manager- Mikel Arteta gave a coaching demonstration in 2017 - Manchester City accuse Arsenal of tapping up Mikel ArtetaPerhaps more worryingly for Arsenal fans though, their ‘assist king’ has registered just two of them so far, something that Arteta will be looking to rectify.It was announced earlier today that the 37-year-old would take over as Arsenal manager, leaving behind his role at Manchester City as Pep Guardiola’s assistant.It has been three weeks since Unai Emery was sacked due to a string a poor performances, with Freddie Ljungberg taking over the reins on a permanent basis.

However, Ljungberg was unable to inspire any kind of return to form for the Gunners, only winning one game of his five in charge.

The last of those games came against Man City last weekend, resulting in a 3-0 loss at home, a game in which Arsenal were well-beaten.

In a strange twist of fate, Arteta’s last game in City’s backroom staff came at his former club Arsenal and his first game as manager for the Gunners will be away to his former side Everton.

Arteta represented the Gunners 110 times before hanging up his boots in 2016.