Tonight, Hector Bellerin will face Arsenal for the first time. Arsenal face Real Betis in a pre-season friendly at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, where Bellerin will line up against the club he spent a decade of his life at. And of course, on the other side of the touchline will be Mikel Arteta, his former teammate, his friend, and eventually his manager. Hector Bellerin admits relationship with Mikel Arteta became “strange” before Arsenal exit“Our relationship going from teammates to coach and player was strange,” Bellerin told The Guardian. MORE ARSENAL STORIESWhen Arteta returned to Arsenal as manager in December 2019, the change in dynamic was something neither of them found entirely natural.