Arsenal U21 coach Mehmet Ali leaves to take up role at Brentford

Hah, I just posted about this in the daily thread.

Best of luck to him (except when he plays against us). It's a big step-up, but he's an excellent coach.

It's bitter-sweet to see that we're not just developing players that are sought after but coaches and staff. The club atmosphere feels very different from the Arsenal of say 10 years ago.

We haven't had much silverware to show for it, but it's hard not to be proud of how far we've come.