Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has come to the defense of his captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
The Gabon striker was criticized by Manchester United legend Roy Keane for allegedly disrespecting Arteta.
Keane felt Aubameyang using Arteta's first name, Mikel, was not a good sign. But Arteta disagrees.
"They didn't show him respect when they called him by his name, Mikel," said Keane on TV.
"He is the manager, the boss, the gaffer. That's respect – not Mikel. He is not his (Aubameyang's) mate."
Arteta responded to reporters, saying: "I was told that Roy mentioned that. I don't know, I think it is something very in particular.
"I give them the choice to call me whatever they feel comfortable with. With some of them obviously I shared a dressing room.
"For me, I don't feel disrespected. I understand why he is saying that as a player, but the way I feel with them - and I feel so close with them, with some of them I played with - so for me it is not an issue and it is not the way I would feel respected or disrespected.
"I leave them the choice. There are people at the training ground who call me boss or coach. The French guys call me coach. It depends. It's not an issue for me."
