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Rio Ferdinand claims Arsenal are struggling because of a lack of 'harmony' in the squad amid issues with frozen-out Mesut Ozil and William Saliba... as he calls on under-fire boss Mikel Arteta to 'handle the dilemmas of the changing room'

Rio Ferdinand believes Arsenal's current crisis is down to a lack of 'harmony' in the squad and challenged manager Mikel Arteta to 'handle the changing room'.

The Gunners find themselves in a lowly 15th - just five points off the relegation zone - after an awful campaign so far, despite many predicting the team to challenge for a place in the top four after winning the FA Cup and Community Shield back to back.

On Tuesday Arteta openly admitted his side have not good enough and that he would take the blame for the team's wretched run of results - which continued with a 1-0 home defeat to Burnley, which saw them implode as Granit Xhaka saw red after throttling Ashley Westwood.