Mikel Arteta began his coaching career at Manchester City, where he worked under Pep Guardiola from the start of his managerial journey until the end of 2019, when he became Arsenal’s head coach.
Since joining Arsenal, Arteta has been in excellent form, transforming the club into the second-best team in the Premier League, trailing only City. His Arsenal side continues to challenge Manchester City for the top spot, and they are seen as strong contenders to win the title this season.
Interestingly, there is growing speculation that this could be Pep Guardiola’s final season as City’s manager, with his contract set to expire at the end of the campaign. The fact that Guardiola has not signed a new contract suggests he might be preparing to leave.
In light of this, former Arsenal player Emmanuel Petit has suggested that Arteta is best positioned to succeed Guardiola at Manchester City, given his previous experience at the club and his impressive work at Arsenal.
He said, as quoted by the Daily Star:
“If Guardiola does decide to leave, the best possible replacement would be Mikel Arteta. He knows the club, and he knows the philosophy which he has tried to repeat at Arsenal.
“Guardiola has begun to show signs of tiredness in the last two years, and you can sometimes see that he is lacking energy. Things move so fast and anything can happen in football, Arteta could step into Guardiola’s shoes but City wouldn’t be the only club interested in him.”
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Even though he has not won a trophy for us so far, Arteta has been one of the best coaches in the Premier League and can easily replace Guardiola at City, but we should not allow that to happen.
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I don’t know what Petit has been smoking,but Arteta will never go to Man City,He’ll stay at Arsenal more than Wenger.
I agree with Petit that tiredness creeps in. Klopp bowed out after 9 years of immense pressure and Guardiola has already taken a sabbatical.
Whether or not Arteta would leave Arsenal to take over at City – I have my doubts
His history at City was as a coach taking on his first role after retiring plus a long standing relationship with Pep.
I do believe that he feels immense pride with how a dysfunctional team has been turned around and having played, captained and managed Arsenal, I think his future won’t lie in Manchester.
100%. I expect he wants to stick around to see all his strategies and hard work pay off with trophies.
City’s first team looks to me to be a season or two away from a rebuild, so it will make sense for Pep to exit soon and let someone else take that exhausting job on. I can’t see Arteta finding that prospect too attractive either just as Arsenal is close to peaking, frankly.
I don’t see Arteta abandoning us I think he wants to win it all at the Arsenal and be forever remembered as an Arsenal legend
He is more likely to go to PSG or Barcelona I believe. It will be an incredibly weird situation staying in the premier league, managing a team taught to consider him a rival and play against a club that has given soo much love to him
Am in agreement with all the post above, even a brief stint with the Catalán Giants the Spaniard may find more appealing
Why would Guardiola ‘s departure from Manchester City become Arteta’s business. Arteta captained Arsenal and now he is managing the club that he loves as a legend, so Manchester City is not having legends right?
If Pep leaves City after this season, I’d think the team will quickly look quite different under a new manager. A number of central first team players in his preferred setup are in the final phases of their City careers – Walker, De Bruyne, Gundogan obviously, but Stones, Bernardo Silva, even Ederson probably have no more than a few more seasons in them. They’re due for an overhaul. And then there’s the potential for club penalties from the current charges.
Would Arteta want to leave for another rebuild in an uncertain situation at City, when Arsenal are just hitting a new peak and challenging for trophies again? I just don’t see it.
I can’t see Arteta leaving before he’s achieved some lasting success’ at Arsenal, and why would he join a forever tainted club?
Who knows what will happen? Not our old friend Emmanuel, or any of us. We don’t (even) know yet if Pep will remain at City after his contract expires in 2025 so it’s all speculation about a vacancy that doesn’t exist currently.
Given the tremendous success he’s achieved there (and previously at Bayern and Barcelona) it’s hardly surprising that Pep gives the impression of being tired. Much as we’d all like similar success at The Emirates, I doubt an Arsenal (or any other) coach will be displaying that level of success-related tiredness anytime soon.
At a pure guess, I’d say that if Pep leaves when his contract expires then City will be looking for a winner (just like they did in getting Pep in the first place). Someone who has shown that they can handle the pressures – on and off the pitch – at the biggest clubs (again, just like Pep at Bayern and Barcelona). Basically, a proven record rather than the expectation of one.
Frankly, I don’t think Arteta fits that particular bill, at the moment anyway, despite his previous links to City which is a plus. Also, I’m not at all convinced that Arteta would necessarily want to return to City.
Can anyone imagine MA going to city115 after what happened following the 2-2 draw?
“Stay humble” Haaland would be out in double quick time, along with the author of the “Dark Arts” theory.
The Arsenal has been Mikel Arteta’s club ever since Arsene Wenger signed him way back and to think he would go to a sleaze ridden club, both on and off the pitch, is ridiculous.
Of course he would leave
He might leave if we’re not successful soon, although I’d be very surprised if he went there in preference to Barca or PSG. I really don’t think any manager of worth would dirty themselves at City.
Possibly. I do wonder though that if Arteta left Arsenal because he wasn’t successful why would, say, Barcelona or PSG want to hire him?
Barcelona, for example, sacked Xavi – one of their greatest players – after only two full seasons because he didn’t bring the necessary success, even though he’d won La Liga in his first season. A high bar.
Yeah, I guess we’ll lose him if he’s winner and sack him if he’s not😂.