Arsenal’s season has been shaken by the unexpected departure of Edu Gaspar, and fans are now concerned about how this could affect Mikel Arteta’s future at the club.
Edu played a crucial role in the club’s transformation alongside Arteta. Since bringing the Spaniard to the Emirates in late 2019, the two have worked closely to rebuild the Gunners from a struggling team into one of England’s top contenders. This partnership was instrumental in attracting key talents such as Martin Odegaard, who now captains the team, and others who form the core of Arsenal’s impressive squad.
Edu’s sudden exit has left Arsenal searching for a replacement, and this leadership change has naturally sparked concerns about Arteta’s long-term commitment to the club. Given his success at the Emirates, top European clubs are reportedly keeping a close eye on him. The fear among fans is that Arteta might follow Edu out the door, especially if he feels the club’s ambition is waning.
Speaking to Express Sport, pundit Sam Smith offered insight into what could keep Arteta committed. He explained:
“I think as long as he feels that Arsenal are improving and trying to improve in terms of their ambition. He’ll talk to the owners, to Stan Kroenke and Josh, his son, and see what visions they’ve got.
“If he feels the club standing still or going backward, yeah well, a manager of his drive and ambition then would be looking elsewhere but at the moment, he’s put so much effort and put so much work into that team and into the club in general. He’ll want to see some reward for it.”
While Arteta seems settled at Arsenal, his continued satisfaction will depend on the club’s ability to maintain progress and deliver on its ambitions. A proactive approach from the ownership will be key to ensuring the manager’s future in North London.
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we don`t want him to stay
Awida,
I’m totally with you on that. I didn’t think there were any other fans out there who had that view.
I read the title and I’m gobsmacked Derek that you weren’t first up
Disappointed tbh
Should have watched Strictly on catch up
Sue,
I’m slipping, apologies for being so slow.🤣
Sorry, I meant SueP.
What’s wrong with me.🤦♂️
Why would I want to keep Arteta? He almost is winning something but not actually winning anything with endless talk of faith and delusions of mythical projects leading everyone up the mountain and has managed to convince a section of the fanbase that this is all heading to a successful destination.
The win associated with Arteta is the dog Win he bought. Emery had 17 points after 11 games in his last season, hopefully Arteta follows his path.
MD-Gunner,
I could not agree with you more, and your comments about win the dog is quality.
I’ve mentioned win the dog in the past, and asked if anyone else has seen the irony of naming the Dog win. (Win what).
But I’ll stop talking about Arteta for now, as you may or may not be aware, but I’m one of his biggest critics, and it’s ruffled a few feathers as you can imagine.
But it’s nice to know that there is at least three people out there with the same views as me. My little gang is growing.
Come and join the movement people.
I read somewhere that fans were comparing Arteta and Edu to Wenger and Dein!!
When the board and Mr Kronkie sacked DD, he confirmed that Arsene wanted to leave, but David asked him to stay for the good of the club.
I’m fairly certain that didn’t happen with Mikel and Edu, but make no mistake, the manager needs to be assisted in this area – Arsene tried to do it and it burnt him out in the long run.
Ken1945,
Your spot on with the trying to take on to much. Both Wenger and Dein were a real force for Arsenal. Wenger would tell Dein what player’s he wanted and more often than not Dein would get the said player.
But the way I heard it, was Dein left Arsenal because he didn’t agree with the club on the direction they wanted to go in. And I have him spot on, Arsenal really took quite a few steps back the day Dein left the club.
And from what I’m hearing, Arteta is getting more control of things, some thing I’m sure your well aware from me, (not being his biggest fan), is of big concern.
Arsenal were a real force while Wenger and Dein were together as a team.
Oh, the good old days!.
Yes, that’s my understanding of the reason why Dein left Arsenal – and a bad day for the club that was.
Arsenal persevered too long with Wenger in the end, in my opinion anyway, but things could have been different had Dein stayed as they were such an effective partnership. If only …
It’s not impossible that the owners could decide Arteta’s fate before he does of course.
Clearly, Arteta needs support, and the appointment of a top-quality Sporting Director is very important, although the chances of getting one before the summer don’t look that promising. Whether that appointment, when it comes, will coincide with any review of wider issues by the owners remains to be seen.