Mikel Arteta

Manc in London said:
Haha

Seriously though, he is probably more suited to a team on the fringes rather than a club fighting for the league. He may have won Ligue 1 with PSG but it isn't a top competition. As evidenced by his time at Sevilla, he can get a tune out of average players.

Be interesting to see if the press highlights ght his lack of Prem experience, as they did with Pep.
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I think Emery will be a great manager for Arsenal. He won't make them relevant to us in a title challenge but should close the gap to the top 4.

He'll make them solid and tight at the back, and Ozil, Lacazette, Aubameyang will do damage up front after quick counters. I suspect he might get them Nzonzi as well if allowed, and he's what Arsenal have needed in midfield for 10 years.

He'll also go all in for the cups which should give Arsenal fans enough excitement to stay happy.

This appointment is Perfect for them and perfect for us
 
Ric said:
Wonder if Arsenal backed away from Arteta, or Arteta backed away from Arsenal? I suspect it might be the latter.
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Not sure Arteta would back away from such a prestigious job most managers will even get a sniff at during their careers.

It could be he thought it was a step to far at this stage of his development, but otherwise I cannot see a reason to turn it down. Either way good news for us.
 
Inniesta was never coming to City- he’s got a deal with Rakuten (Barcelona shirt sponsors) big Boss to play for his team Vissel Kobe in J league... good luck to Andres..easy life for a couple of seasons for one of the greats of world football- pity it wasn’t NYFC tho...
 
franksinatra said:
Not sure Arteta would back away from such a prestigious job most managers will even get a sniff at during their careers.

It could be he thought it was a step to far at this stage of his development, but otherwise I cannot see a reason to turn it down. Either way good news for us.
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If he is confident in his future, he would not want his career ruining by being made a twat of on Arsenal TV week in week out, either because the transfers are decided by a bunch of suits, or because the budget is shit but he would still be expected to get them top 4.

He'd be better reputationwise getting Watford in the top 12 or something like that or, staying at City & aiming for Pep's job in the future.
 
Neville Kneville said:
If he is confident in his future, he would not want his career ruining by being made a twat of on Arsenal TV week in week out, either because the transfers are decided by a bunch of suits, or because the budget is shit but he would still be expected to get them top 4.

He'd be better reputationwise getting Watford in the top 12 or something like that or, staying at City & aiming for Pep's job in the future.
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I think Arteta would prefer taking the Arsenal job to the Watford arguably like every other manager. Watfords owners would not be a great fit either.

I do get your point though but the emotional attachment to Arsenal, patient board and with massive potential to succeed. Tough for any manager to turn down
 
franksinatra said:
I think Arteta would prefer taking the Arsenal job to the Watford arguably like every other manager. Watfords owners would not be a great fit either.

I do get your point though but the emotional attachment to Arsenal, patient board and with massive potential to succeed. Tough for any manager to turn down
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Tough to turn down in some ways, but how many of us would genuinely expect Arteta to land there & turn Arsenal into the team their supporters demand, unless he was given a huge transfer budget ?

If he failed, then he'd be out on his arse in a season, his City job gone & no managerial reputation whatsoever, to merit another job.
 
Excellent news, on more than one occasion we have heard the impact he has had. Especially on Leroy and Sterling.
 
Good news. For us as a club but also for Arteta personally I think. He will have time to learn more from Pep and hopefully be in a position to takeover from him when he eventually leaves.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Tough to turn down in some ways, but how many of us would genuinely expect Arteta to land there & turn Arsenal into the team their supporters demand, unless he was given a huge transfer budget ?

If he failed, then he'd be out on his arse in a season, his City job gone & no managerial reputation whatsoever, to merit another job.
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And he would have failed. Arsenal fans were getting all giddy drawing parallels with Pep taking over Barca but it could scarcely have been a more different situation.
 
adrianr said:
And he would have failed. Arsenal fans were getting all giddy drawing parallels with Pep taking over Barca but it could scarcely have been a more different situation.
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More difficult I would suggest, than if he followed Pep at City, because here he would be taking over a better team already drilled, with a style and players, he is used to.

Wenger was so utterly shite in the end, any new manager will be expected to transform the players or be assumed a duffer.

I hope he stays with us now anyhow & doesn't go for a different job.
 
domalino said:
I think Emery will be a great manager for Arsenal. He won't make them relevant to us in a title challenge but should close the gap to the top 4.

He'll make them solid and tight at the back, and Ozil, Lacazette, Aubameyang will do damage up front after quick counters. I suspect he might get them Nzonzi as well if allowed, and he's what Arsenal have needed in midfield for 10 years.

He'll also go all in for the cups which should give Arsenal fans enough excitement to stay happy.

This appointment is Perfect for them and perfect for us
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Pretty much sums up my thoughts.
 
I suspect it is one of those jobs that you don't want to be first to take. Whoever goes in needs to change everything, upset people, break up the changing room, move people out etc etc - its an enormous job and won't be quick - but fans will expect immediate improvement and they may still need to keep going backwards before they can get better. and thats not a place for a young manager in their first job. Not surprised they are looking at someone with Emery's experience - and meanwhile Arteta learns from Pep until he does eventually go somewhere else.
 
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I'm glad Arteta is staying but would prefer him to gain some first hand managerial experience before City considering giving him the job when Pep departs.

Arsenal would have been too big for him & probably knocked his confidence when things turned sour.

Get him to learn as much from Pep as possible & then City should ask him to manage one of our partner teams for a year or so to see how he gets along before possibly handing him the keys to the kingdom. Now that's a long-term plan!
 
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