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My guess is he won't be interested.If ITK is spot on then he turned us/Levy down in summer so why would he leave mid season as you say.
Let’s not delude ourselves, we are a massive mess.
HOWEVER, 2 things.
1) money talks
2) he isn’t getting a top 4 job anytime soon so if he wants to move to a PL club with better players and infrastructure and bigger budget and build something then we would be a fairly attractive option for him
As you say our big hope is that we've approached him differently this time and somehow he believes we're the best offer he's going to get.
I can't see Utd, City, Liverpool or Chelsea going for him, even if their position does suddenly become available. Arteta is currently seeing an improvement in performances and results.
So we might be the best option for him if he thinks he can work with Levy and Paratici.