Hello, Gooner. I realize it’s been a long time since you heard, “Arteta must go.” But based on recent reports from Spain about him, are Arsenal now in danger of losing him?
Apparently, the Barcelona president Joan Laporta is a big fan of Mikel Arteta, and journalist Adrian Sanchez claims that Laporta sees Arteta as the ideal replacement for Xavi Hernandez, the Barcelona head coach.
Leading the La Liga heavyweights, Xavi is currently having a difficult time. The Barcelona legend showed a lot of potential in the beginning. But this season, his tactics and some of his decisions have been called into question, and being 8 points behind the league leaders, Girona, isn’t helping.
There are reports that he may be dismissed from his duties, and Arteta is now emerging as a top managerial target for the club where he started his career in football.
Arteta is unlikely to leave Arsenal anytime soon after signing a new contract in 2022, but nothing is guaranteed.
Mikel Arteta has completely transformed Arsenal, and the interest from Barcelona is understandable. Arsenal has undergone an incredible transition since he took control in 2019. When he took charge, Arsenal had lost their way and were simply like any other mid-table team, doing nothing but honoring Premier League fixtures. Anyway, Arsenal is back playing beautiful football and fighting for the title after years of rebuilding under the Spaniard. At the moment, it’s impossible to discuss the Premier League title race without mentioning Arsenal.
The Mikel Arteta Arsenal project has shown great promise, and there are high expectations surrounding it. The dream is for Arsenal to become the real deal in English football, which will be impossible if Mikel Arteta leaves and his project is interrupted.
I get why most Gunners fans can’t imagine anyone else coaching Arsenal other than Mikel Arteta. I hope the club does all it can to make him willing to turn down Barcelona when they come calling.
Darren N
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Is this article meant as a joke or what?
“…for Arsenal to become the real deal in English football, which will be impossible if Mikel Arteta leaves and his project is interrupted”
REALLY?
“I get why most Gunners fans can’t imagine anyone else coaching Arsenal other than Mikel Arteta.”
SEEMS TO YOU (NOT MOST GUNNERS), HE’S THE ONLY MANAGER ON PLANET EARTH
I couldn’t have said that better myself !!! A man who sells Martinez for £20 million and buys Raya for £30 million , a man who spends £65 million on Havertz and pushes Xheka out . A man who constantly plays his first team until exhaustion instead of subs !!!
Arteta is Not a coach . He inherited a bunch of great kids who have given their all for Arsenal , Arteta was there to give them their orange slices at half time . He’s inexperienced and you see it every game . Go to Barcelona and let’s get a professional experienced coach . If Emery had what Arteta has now, we would be sailing away .
It is said a cow never know the use of its tail until losing it, hope it dosen’t come down to this.
Since when have The Arsenal become a “mid table” club?
The nearest we came to being that, was when we finished 8th two seasons in a row and, before that 6th…. in over two decades just for the record.
I really cannot understand why some fans want to rewrite our history in such negative ways.
. As for Barca, they’ve got so many troubles it would be a backward step.
Come to think of it, I would love to see Arteta manage Barcelona. There, money is far from abundant and the board will never agree to pay anyone to leave.
This piece , though a little too pro MA for my liking, glossing over some of his clear misjudgements, is the perfect antidote to the incredibly silly piece by the nameless “Angry Gooner”!
If we assume that “Angry Gooner” is indeed a real Arsenal fan – and personally I am, at the very least, suspicious that he is NOT one, but simply another brainless troll – then these two articles, when read side by side, encompass the almighty chasm of different takes on what ACTUALLY SUPPORTING a huge club actually entails.
Ultimately though, when compared to the human agonies being endured daily in Ukraine and Gaza, football itself and ALL our various opinions pales into complete insignificance. REALITY!
👍Jon, important to reconnect with the real issues/problems affecting the world.
Please take him
Even though he may have a sentimental connection to Barcelona, I don’t believe he would accept the position if they were to fire Xavi and also given their recent and perhaps continuing financial difficulties.
Barcelona are not that big a club at the moment. Definitely in the doldrums. Arteta Definitely wouldn’t get the funding he has had at Arsenal, thats for sure.
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I do see Arteta eventually managing Barca
Arteta wouldn’t like to manage Barcelona because he would be given targets; Barcelona doesn’t have a divided fan base. There isn’t any PR machine to help smooth his ride.