Analysis: Arteta spreading the love on upbeat day at Arsenal
Sky Sports News' Gary Cotterill at Arsenal's training ground:
Love is in the air at Arsenal.
Mikel Arteta, far from being sulky about dropped points against Villa, was spreading the love.
Love of Samba.
Love of Superkids.
Love of Signings (maybe).
The Samba was playing on the training pitch as the squad warmed up.
Another of Arteta's schemes to inspire and relax his players and "to build the energy", he told the gathered media.
Some in the room suggested privately that Mikel may have enjoyed the rhythm so much that he lost track of time, because he was 20 minutes late for his news conference.
No time to waste though, as far as he's concerned, in the development and progress of Arsenal superkid, Max Dowman.
The 15 year old midfielder is training with the first team.
That inevitably led to questions about, with limited options on the bench, whether he could see some game time this season.
Arteta was frustrated to confirm that he can't. As he won't turn 16 until midway through next season. Too young the rules say.
That made Arteta's smile about the progress of the talented Academy graduate a little less broad. He's no lover of the dictate.
"Well, at the moment, with all the legislation, there are a lot of restrictions regarding age.
It's something that in other countries you don't even mention."
One Academy youngster who can play is Ethan Nwaneri. He's fit again and trained today.
That made Mikel smile too.
And his smile continued into the inevitable transfer talk.
"I love it", he said about two weeks being left. He says he gets regular texts from friends asking who he's going to sign.
"I don't follow it too much, I have enough work to do with a lot of things so I don't get too distracted with it."
His body language suggests he'd love a shiny new striker this January.
That would make him and Arsenal fans dance. Brazilian or not.