Yeah - the article says that he claims he was told by the GK coach he had to leave the club, and it wasn't about performance. The spin the article puts on it seems to be that there was a secret hidden agenda against Leno.

Yes, it's possible that Arteta and the club did it for the wrong reasons, but I'm inclined to believe it was driven by either (or worse, both of) his attitude and his playstyle. Again, don't know if it's just spin from the editor, but Leno calls out the substitution idea because a keeper isn't in the flow of the game, but then goes on about how playing a second keeper outside the league is bad because players don't build a relationship with the keeper.

How the fuck is the second keeper meant to learn?

Not to mention that happened after we show faith in him as 1st by selling Emi.

I don't think it's atrocious. There are reasons other than performance for a player to be forced out, like attitude. I know we all probably got the same impression that Leno had a pretty good attitude, but as time passes and we see more articles like this, I'm starting to wonder if that's true or if he was just quieter about his arrogance than e.g. Aubameyang.