Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta opens up on his desire to continue at the North London club beyond this season.
Mikel Arteta has had quite an impact at Arsenal since taking charge of the club towards the end of 2019. The Spanish manager has re-established them as one of Europe’s biggest clubs and helped them end their wait for the Premier League title last season.
Mikel Arteta wants to continue at Arsenal
The 44-year-old manager’s current deal runs out next summer, but given the kind of work he has done over the past few years, he is expected to be around for years to come. Arteta certainly wants to stay in North London and doesn’t seem worried about renewal talks.
He has already confirmed his desire to continue at the Emirates. The former Spanish midfielder said via Fabrizio Romano:
“I don’t have to worry about any of that because I want to be here. I’m extremely happy”.
“I feel very grateful to work with the people that I work with. Whenever we have the possibility, we will resolve that”.
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Arteta has impressed as Arsenal boss
Over the last seven years, the former Manchester City assistant has managed them in 352 matches, averaging more than two points per game. While winning the Premier League and reaching the Champions League final last season are two of his biggest achievements at the club, Arteta had previously won an FA Cup and two Community Shields.
His style of play has drawn a lot of criticism of late. Under the 44-year-old, the Gunners relied heavily on set-pieces last season and banked on a solid backline to get over the line. In the end, he got the desired results, and that is what matters in the world of football.
With his contract running out, there have been talks about his future, but he seems determined to continue at the club. The Spanish manager is now completely focused on further bolstering his squad and helping his team get off to a perfect start. Their first assignment will be the Community Shield against Manchester City on Sunday afternoon.
The reported so called Offer for Martinelli of a laughable €45m euro is a joke. But I have better made up news to compare to this that you can also print:
“Arsenal have a £20m bid for Man City’s Haaland turned down.
The £20m Haaland is happy to stay at ManCity, but I am surprised why other teams are not coming in for the £20m Haaland too.”
The Haaland example shows that just because a team makes a ridiculous offer for a player, it does not mean that the player is tagged with that ridiculous transfer value for other teams to bid the same.
That’s how ridiculous the news is about Galatasaray making a ridiculous €45m euro bid for Martinelli is, and you media are thinking that because the bid of €45m euro got refused by Arsenal, that is now the new ridiculous transfer value for Martinelli for any other team to have a bid.
It is as ridiculous as the £20m Haaland example above.
Martinelli is valued at £75m by Arsenal and is not for sale.
There seems to be an endless supply of stock photos of Arteta clapping