Mikel Arteta – Spanish Wonder!

NORWICH, A MUST-WIN GAME – ARTETA

By index - September 27, 2021 Leave your thoughts

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says the Premier League encounter with Norwich City is a must-win game for him and his players. The Gunners manager said this in his pre-match presser ahead of the game billed for the Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Mikel Arteta is under pressure to deliver the three points at stake against Norwich City after the poor start to the season which saw Arsenal lose all their first three games without scoring any goal. Mikel Arteta told reporters during his pre-match press conference earlier this week that Arsenal need to start winning games to climb up the league table. Continue reading

ARSENAL HANDED EARLY PRESEASON BOOST

By index - July 17, 2021 Leave your thoughts

Arsenal have been handed an early preseason boost following the news that two young players are on the verge of committing their futures to the club. It was revealed by Football London that teenage winger Kido Taylor-Hart and highly rated shot stopper Arthur Okonkwo are closing in on new contracts with the Gunners. The news released on Thursday evening said that they will sign long-term Arsenal contracts.

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and the first team playersreturned to training this week as they begin preparations for the new season.Arteta and the Arsenal players will travel to Scotland for a training camp next week and the aforementioned young players are expected to be in the travelling party. While they are in Scotland, Mikel Arteta and his players will take on Hibernian and Scottish champions Rangers.
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FIVE ARSENAL UNTOUCHABLES REVEALED

By index - June 15, 2021 Leave your thoughts

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has a lot of work to do as he prepares for the new campaign which starts in August. He was the man at the helm of affairs as the Gunners failed to qualify for European football for the first time in 26 years.

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Mikel Arteta is now under more pressure to arrest the recent decline at Arsenal and a lot of the his players have been linked with moves away from the club as he prepares to carry out a major surgery on his team in time for the new season. The Gunners have been linked with several players to potentially replace the outgoing players. Some of the players being linked to Arsenal include Norwich City midfielder Emiliano Buendia, Ajax Amsterdam shot stopper Andre Onana, Inter Milan right-back AchraafHakimi and many more.
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ARTETA DELIGHTED WITH COMPLETE PERFORMANCE

By index - May 5, 2021 Leave your thoughts

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta expressed his satisfaction with the performance of his players during the 4-0 thrashing of hosts Sparta Prague in the second leg of their round of eight tie in the Europa League. Arteta and his players needed to win to have a chance of going through to the semis of the competition after the first leg ended in a 1-1 draw.

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The Gunners were wasteful in the first leg at the Emirates Stadium last week Thursday with Frenchman Alexandre Lacazette the big culprit. He missed some gilt-edged opportunities before Ivorian player Nicholas Pepe gave the hosts the lead at the expense of the Czech Republic guests in the last five minutes of the encounter. However, Mikel Arteta and his players could not hold on with Sparta Prague defender Tomas Doles getting the all-important equaliser.

ARTETA SAYS ARSENAL WORKING ON NEW ARRIVALS THIS JANUARY

By index - February 7, 2021 Leave your thoughts

Arsenal fans will be excited about the recent news coming out of the London club after manager Mikel Arteta confirmed that the Gunners will be on the lookout and in the hunt for new players so they can continue the build-up process and get back to where they belong.

Following the unofficial departure of Mesut Özil, the club’s supporters kept raising their eyebrows and asking questions like who they would be signing as the German playmaker’s replacement after ending his nightmare career at Arsenal. Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano confirmed on Friday afternoon that Mikel Arteta has finally convinced young midfielder Martin Odegaard to finally make a loan switch to the north side of London from Spanish giants Real Madrid as they continue to rebuild the squad. Continue reading

MIKEL ARTETA IN TRIBUTE TO MARADONA

By index - December 13, 2020 Leave your thoughts

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has paid to the late Diego Armando Maradona who passed away on Wednesday. Argentine Diego Maradona is widely regarded as one of the best players to ever grace the round leather game and tributes have been pouring in for the man who’s also known as D1OS or El Pibe.

Diego Maradona died at the age of 60 after succumbing to cardiac arrest. In his tribute, Mikel Arteta said that Maradona inspired cities wherever he played as described him as a true great.The Arsenal boss confessed that he was a big fan of the 1986 World Cup winner. Mikel Arteta said his death is a sad moment for the footballing world. Continue reading

ARTETA KEEN ON A MIDFIELDER

By index - October 9, 2020 Leave your thoughts

Mikel Arteta is keen on adding a midfielder to the first team before the summer window closes in two weeks, per reports. The Arsenal first team manager – promoted recently from his Head Coach role when he joined in December – has been on the heels of Atletico’s Thomas Partey and Lyon’s Houssem Aouar, hoping to land one this summer.

The Gunners have started the season well, beating Fulham 3-0 away and West Ham at home 2-1, off the back of their Community Shield win over Premier League champs Liverpool.
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ARSENAL PREPARE TO SELL CAPTAIN AMID COVID19 CRISIS

By index - April 23, 2020 Leave your thoughts

Arsenal could part ways with club captain and top goalscorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The player and the club have agreed to part ways. The player told the club he will not sign a new deal. Both club and player weigh up their respective options looking ahead, and it has been decided that it is best they go separate ways.

Aubameyang who arrived as a club record signing for the Gunners has less than 18 months on his contract. He arrived just a little over two years ago and has scored 61 goals in fewer than 100 appearances. Still, it is now possible that the relationship between the two is just a short one.
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GUARDIOLA TO STAY TO RECLAIM EPL

By index - February 13, 2020 Leave your thoughts

Former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha believes contrary to reports that current city coach Pep Guardiola is looking outside for the next experiment, he is more likely to stay put with the Citizens and try to outdo what Liverpool had done this season.

The former Barcelona coach lost Mikel Arteta to Arsenal but he can easily find another person to fill his role and continue with the new challenge at hand: reaching and possibly surpassing the bar Liverpool have raised.
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MIKEL ARTETA RUMORED FOR GUNNER JOB

By index - November 19, 2019 Leave your thoughts

Unai Emery’s job at Emirates is almost over even though he just began and ex-Arsenal player are among those rumored to being shortlisted for the Gunner job.

The Spaniard has lost the confidence of the board room, fans and even his squad and even the ants on the walls of the Emirates stadium won’t vouch for him at this point.
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