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Mikel Arteta has agreed an improved new contract with Premier League champions Arsenal.
The Spaniard’s current deal expires at the end of this season but talks over a new contract have been ongoing for a number of months.
BBC Sport reported earlier this month that an agreement between all parties was close.
And it is now understood that Arteta has reached a final agreement with the Gunners to extend
Since taking charge in 2019, Arteta has made a point of reiterating how much he values physicality and the demands he puts on his side to win duels.
But against Brighton, Arsenal were dominated all over the pitch and lost challenges which they would usually be expected to win.
Arteta said he was “extremely disappointed” as his side were “very far” from doing the basics he expected, with uncertainty
Referee John Brooks took a few seconds to point to the penalty spot after Ballard and Konsa hit the ground, but once he did the VAR stuck with his decision.
Konsa was certainly committing a foul, though Ballard did appear to have a hold of the Arsenal man.
“This should never happen, it’s not fair, and I am sad, very sad, in that sense,” said Arteta, who was booked in
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he deliberately sabotaged the club’s travel plans during pre-season – to get his players used to difficulties on the road.
Those sabotages include deliberately making his team late for matches by changing their route or meal times – as well as making the changing room hotter and reducing the number of massage beds.
The Premier League champions had travel concerns during their trip to face
Mikel Arteta says Arsenal were ready for their midweek Champions League flight delay – because he deliberately disrupted their training and travel plans in pre-season to prepare them.
The Premier League champions were affected by air traffic control issues as they travelled to Italy to face Napoli on Wednesday.
They eventually arrived three hours behind their schedule but manager Arteta said his team were ready because of his methods.
“I
For Arsenal supporters, the official announcement can’t come soon enough, particularly given his current deal now has just nine months left to run.
Since his appointment in December 2019, Arteta has transformed Arsenal from a club that had lost its Champions League status to one that won the Premier League for the first time in 22 years last season.
They are overwhelming favourites to retain their domestic crown and are
Martin Odegaard is a player transformed at the start of this season – and Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta puts his captain’s impressive form down to fitness and new positioning.
Odegaard was the match-winner again for Arsenal on Wednesday, thumping in the only goal of the game in the Champions League victory at Napoli.
That hit followed his clinching strike against Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday and takes his
Arsenal have one of the best squads in Europe.
The Gunners spent £250m last summer bringing in eight players as they won the title and have already spent about £200m this year, turning Piero Hincapie’s loan deal into a permanent one (£34.5m), signing Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle United (£75m), Christos Tzolis from Club Brugge (£34m) and bringing in Ezri Konsa from Aston Villa (£55m).
“That is what we need,” Arteta
Mikel Arteta says Arsenal are actively looking for more new signings in the transfer market but admits there is only a small pool of available players who can take them to the next level.
The Gunners were frustrated in their attempts to land Vinicius Junior, who chose to sign a new contract at Real Madrid, and also missed out on the signing of another top target Morgan Rogers, who joined
Mikel Arteta has called for Arsenal’s Premier League match on 21 December to be moved after their Carabao Cup quarter-final against Crystal Palace was scheduled for two days later.
The Gunners manager’s request comes after the English Football League (EFL) criticised the “undermining” of its competition because it was forced to compromise on the match date following fixture congestion.
Arsenal are due to host Palace in the last eight at