Tag: Mikel

Mikel Arteta: Arsenal manager says he deliberately sabotaged his team’s travel plans to prepare for difficulties on the road | Football News
11 September 2026 Off

Mikel Arteta: Arsenal manager says he deliberately sabotaged his team’s travel plans to prepare for difficulties on the road | Football News

By Total Football News

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

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Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta says he deliberately disrupted pre-season plans to teach players to adapt
11 September 2026 Off

Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta says he deliberately disrupted pre-season plans to teach players to adapt

By Total Football News

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

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Mikel Arteta close to signing new deal with Arsenal
10 September 2026 Off

Mikel Arteta close to signing new deal with Arsenal

By Total Football News

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

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Arsenal: Martin Odegaard new role explained by Mikel Arteta after captain’s Champions League winner at Napoli | Football News
9 September 2026 Off

Arsenal: Martin Odegaard new role explained by Mikel Arteta after captain’s Champions League winner at Napoli | Football News

By Total Football News

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

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Mikel Arteta: Arsenal boss joins elite list of managers, but where does he rank?
1 September 2026 Off

Mikel Arteta: Arsenal boss joins elite list of managers, but where does he rank?

By Total Football News

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

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Mikel Arteta says Arsenal are actively looking for signings in the transfer market after Bruno Guimaraes makes bow in friendly against Como | Football News
13 August 2026 Off

Mikel Arteta says Arsenal are actively looking for signings in the transfer market after Bruno Guimaraes makes bow in friendly against Como | Football News

By Total Football News

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

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FPL gameweek 14 tips: Alexander Isak, Mikel Merino and Bruno Fernandes great picks this week
2 December 2025 Off

FPL gameweek 14 tips: Alexander Isak, Mikel Merino and Bruno Fernandes great picks this week

By Total Football News

Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United (captain), £8.9m – West Ham (h)

Fernandes is never a bad call in FPL – it’s just trying to predict his hauls.

The Portugal midfielder has created 35 chances this season, five more than Jeremy Doku and 10 more than anyone else.

His xG of 4.81 is the third highest among midfielders – Antoine Semenyo has 4.82 and has scored six goals compared to the United

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Mikel Merino – could he be Arsenal’s number nine?
1 December 2025 Off

Mikel Merino – could he be Arsenal’s number nine?

By Total Football News

Arteta will be delighted to welcome back both Gyokeres and Brazilian Gabriel Jesus from injury as it gives him more options in attack. But there would not appear to be any guarantee that the big-money signing from Sweden will walk back into the team.

Gyokeres, who returned as a substitute at Chelsea after almost a month out with a hamstring problem, will need time to build up his fitness. In

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Mikel Arteta: Arsenal boss wants Premier League game with Everton on 21 December moved
3 November 2025 Off

Mikel Arteta: Arsenal boss wants Premier League game with Everton on 21 December moved

By Total Football News

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

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Newcastle v Arsenal: Mikel Arteta plays trump cards to earn comeback win
28 September 2025 Off

Newcastle v Arsenal: Mikel Arteta plays trump cards to earn comeback win

By Total Football News

What is it about this side and set-plays?

For context, since the start of the 2023-24 season, Arsenal have scored 36 goals from corners in the Premier League – 15 more than any other side in this period.

Arsenal’s prowess from set-pieces ultimately turned this game on its head.

From the first, in the 84th minute, Arsenal took a short corner before Declan Rice swung the ball into the box.

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