Arteta deal waits on backroom team

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Quick post this morning because I feel like I’ve been trapped in a time loop on this Arteta thing.

The deal has been agreed with the man, 3.5 years. The hold-up is waiting on the final backroom team, what that looks like and what it costs.

Apparently, the assistant won’t be Borrel, who is being promoted to Pep’s assistant. There are names circulating around the internet, Iñaka Caña Pavón (via @DarrenArsenal1) is being mentioned as a goalkeeping coach. I think there are some names that’ll potentially be joining from City and maybe another rival in the league.

There’s also an interesting story about Michael Flynn of Newport joining him as an assistant. He saved the club from relegation and he’s overseen a number of giant killings. He studied his badges with Arteta. He’s also young 39 years old, but clearly an impressive guy willing to do what it takes to make a name for himself. He even had an invite from Klopp to watch a coaching session at Liverpool.

It’s all very exciting, there could be an announcement as soon as today, but don’t be surprised if it runs across the weekend.

The Freddie press conference being cancelled yesterday would indicate something is going to be announced before the Everton game, but from the noise, it would seem unlikely Arteta will be in the dugout for that game.

There are some other favourable stories doing the rounds, the hottest one for me is that Granit Xhaka has told friends that he’s off in January. I couldn’t be more thrilled, Hertha Berlin is being earmarked as a go-to club for him, bottom 6, about his level. Great news there is Arteta must know about that, so I would imagine there have been discussions about replacing him, because we’re very light in midfield from a seniority level.

The bad Auba press keeps going as well, which makes me wonder if he’s trying to force his way out in January. He moved in January to us, so he’s not against that kind of thing, there are quite a lot of clubs in Europe that could do with his goals, so you never know. I would imagine Mikel will be doing all he can to keep his clinical edge in the side, at least until the summer.

See you in the comments, keep them crossed something happens today.

P.S. Flynn not part of the staff. Steve Round is.

 

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Victorious

Jeff

Hopefully you don’t run away from the blog with your tails inbetween your legs if Artertained smashes it

You seriously have no clue how it’s going to turn out but then nothing has stopped you yapping away today

You really have nailed your colour to the mast today,no hiding from now on

DaleDaGooner

Is this Jeff Rene-Adelaide????? Are you still made at Arteta for taking your milk at the cafeteria?

DaleDaGooner

mad***

HighburyLegend

Sauce.

MidwestGun

There were only a very very few managers we could have hired which would have guaranteed improvement, imo. And they were not coming here. So to get mad we didn’t hire Simeone or Poch or somebody seems pointless.

Guns of Brixton

The Messiah has come at Xmas time.

Maintaining the biblical theme, I fully expect us to be resurrected back in the top 4 by Easter .

Henry Root

I’m assuming that everyone who posts on here is an Arsenal fan and tgat on day one of the tenure of a new coach we are all united in hope that he will be a success and restore the club to its former glory. That is much more important than the personal agendas and the desire to say ‘ I told you so’. So , no, it won’t be funny if Citeh pick up and we go down the U-bend because our club will suffer. Who wants that ? Jose Mourinho won the Champions League as coach without having top-level… Read more »

Jeff

Leeds, It’s the sheer irrationality of it that gets me. How is it that a club worth £2 billion cannot find a better manager than Arteta who only a week ago was playing with cones? The only explanation I have is that they weren’t prepared to fork out for a proper manager. I know it’s difficult mid season because you have to pay the donor club if the manager is already in a job. But even if it took £20+ million outlay to bring in a proper manager – we should have done it. We should have no hesitation over… Read more »

Ishola70

Victorious
” the thought of Xhaka leaving must have made u jazz your undies already? What a time to be alive for u I’d imagine”

Said with a tinge of resentment eh.

It always makes me chuckle at those that respond with these kind of responses relating to Xhaka.

It shows that it still irks enough with some that he was pointed out as a liability player and early.

Back a better horse next time Vic.

alexanderhenry

I have to say Arteta gets a lot of praise, notably from Pep, but also Pochettino, guillame Ballague, Gabriel Jesus- even from Emery, which is big of him.

It’s looking like a genuinely exciting appointment.

Also, as a player for us, he was better than I think a lot of you remember.

Marc

Brixton

“The Messiah has come at Xmas time.”

Well lets hope he’s not being nailed to something come Easter!

Muyiwa

Good ebening!

Aussie Gooner

Jeff/Leeds

You are not alone in worring about Arteta’s lack of experience. I think the club may have appointed someone they will be able to control (and who is cheap, a recurrent theme at Arsenal!). He is after all Head Coach and not Manager like Wenger or Ferguson. An experienced manager like Mourinho would not take that kind of direction and would make demands. I hope Arteta is a great success!

alexanderhenry

Henry Root

Well said. This is an ‘I told you so’ blog though.

Marc

Henry

“on day one of the tenure of a new coach we are all united in hope that he will be a success and restore the club to its former glory.
That is much more important than the personal agendas and the desire to say ‘ I told you so’”

Well that’s what should happen – just like it did when Emery took over.

Romford Pele

Midwest, all good buddy, how you been? Life very busy these days but i’ll try and be here as and when. Arteta got a a massive job on his hands but i’m excited by the unknown. Let’s hope the board fully back him!

Jeff

Yes, the only defence for the people who would like to shoot the messenger is “this is an I told you blog”. Never mind that we just made the worst decision in footballing history.

Wasi

Even after Being a Novice Arteta was the choice for all of our execs. And they interviewed top class candidates according to them. + Arteta has top top football people vouching for him. Football like any other business is about risk and reward. Barca took a risk with Pep and then went on to form the best team the world has ever seen playing a type of football which would be near impossible to replicate. Zidane was a risk for Madrid. 3 consecutive CL. Nagelsmann was a risk for Hoffenheim . CL with Sub 40 mil budget. The list goes… Read more »

Elmo

Marc

Was hilarious when we’d have a big European away match on a Wednesday, and Bergkamp would be rested for the previous weekend’s match because he’d be setting off by car with a member of the Arsenal back-room team on the Sunday, and it was felt he needed a day or two to recuperate from the long drive before the match.

Didn’t he play at USA ’94? Did he go by ship?

habesha gooner

Arteta wasn’t my choice but now that he is here I am behind him a 110 percent. What he has got as an advantage is fans now know some of these players are very poor or have a poor attitude. they didn’t even turn up for Freddie after Emery left. So if he bins anyone everyone is gonna be behind him. I really hope this works out because I would rather have league titles than an I told you so. Thank God it wasn’t Mourinho though.

Bob N16

Midwest summing it up.

Jeff accusing others of being intellectually challenged and at the same time lumping in our Invincible season as part of our malaise. Great stuff.

Wasi

Yall dont want a conservative safe manager , you’ll dont want to take a risk with a manager who can genuinely be the next big thing. What do you want?
We can definitely not attract the likes of Klopp , Pep , Nagelsmann in our current state.

MidwestGun

Romford-
Been good.. almost fully retired now… Moved down south to Texas on the Gulf.. 5 minutes from the beach. Thought no way there is any Gooners down here.. First day was wearing my Invincible throw back shirt at the Grocery store and met about 2 or 3 Arsenal fans. Guess they really are everywhere.

That’s why we need to get our shit together. Club has potential to be back at the top.. I have very little faith in Kroenke but you cant say he hasn’t spent money recently . We just have to be better at spending it.

Receding Hairline

Dunno why CG is hung up on the name of the rumored assistant… Really weird fellow

Well we have our man let’s all hope for new beginnings, being a serious club again. Nothing like a hungry young coach wanting to make his mark

Jeff

Bob, go back to sleep.

Receding Hairline

Give it a rest Jeff

You have been noticed

Marc

Elmo

No he flew out but that’s where the problem started. He’d always been a nervous flyer but he was on a flight that had a bomb scare, he’s refused to fly ever since.

I love Bergkamp – one of my favourite players of all time but he just can’t be a future manager unless someone events teleportation.

Let’s hope he’s not afraid of Flies as well as flying!

Jeff

Receding, shutting other people up is your best argument is it? Well, now you’ve also been noticed.

MidwestGun

Really weird fellow
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Yep… hahaha to be honest I know he is typing English.. but most of the time have no idea what he is going on about. Just assume he is bashing Spaniards or something and skip over it mostly.

Guns of Brixton

“Well lets hope he’s not being nailed to something come Easter!”

Spat out my tea for this one @Marc 😂🤣🤣

Romford Pele

AH Midwest you’re really living life mate. Hope you haven’t killed your liver yet.

We do need to get our act together. Tbh in the last two years we’ve spent the profiles just haven’t always been right. But now we need to back Arteta with this rebuild and the right athletic players which can hopefully take us forward. Fingers crossed.

Marc

Jeff

OK you don’t think we should have appointed Arteta and that it end in tears.

You’ve said it why keep repeating the same thing.

Chika

“Mikel Arteta a bright, positive appointment for Arsenal and one they can look upon with foresight. This isn’t interim or safe pair of hands, it’s a coach that Arsenal can build with and forge a new identity. It’s bold but it’s also common sense for a club in need of an overhaul.”

David Cartlidge

Marc

Brixton

Unless it’s a trophy of course!

Jamie

Time for our asshole players to turn up with a good performance to impress the new boss watching from the stands.

I’m naively expecting a win tomorrow.

azed

Nice little welcome from Mesut, looks like he is looking forward to playing some fast free flowing football…

Lol
Ozil will be out of the team by end of season if Arteta is half as good as they say he is.

Leedsgunner

Jeff “Leeds, It’s the sheer irrationality of it that gets me. How is it that a club worth £2 billion cannot find a better manager than Arteta …” Yep, I hear you. It’s bad timing on our club’s part again. Emery should have been let go after the 4-1 humiliation at Baku… Emery was brought in to win the Europa Cup because of his reputation with this competition and I can’t believe we kept him on even though he failed miserably. That was weak from the club leadership. I hope this decision was motivated by courage rather than because it… Read more »

MidwestGun

I think anyone who thinks about it rationally has reservations. But it isn’t the worst thing we could have done by far, imo. Keeping Freddie around and waiting until the summer could have been worse. And as I said.. it takes two sides.. doesn’t matter how much money you have if nobody wants the job. We didn’t have many candidates. Ancelloti was a big no for me.. Vieira was not doing very well in France.. his teams were struggling to score goals.. Maybe he is too defensive minded .. I don’t know. Romford- My liver hates me.. but still functions.… Read more »

Leedsgunner

To be fair, Arteta is coming across very well in his first press conference…

Bob N16

Nice one Jeff, got imbecilic Merson on your side , it’s a dream team!

Marko

No suit. CG is spinning right now

Romford Pele

“To be fair, Arteta is coming across very well in his first press conference…”

Very. Good clarity of ideas and communication. Making it worth in practice will be the challenge

Pierre

Azed
“Lol
Ozil will be out of the team by end of season if Arteta is half as good as they say he is.”

Surely you , as an Arsenal supporter, should be hoping that Arteta can help Ozil produce his very best form, or is that too much to ask.

Romford Pele

“No suit. CG is spinning right now”

Haha

Mr Serge

Pierre that bug eyed fool is a lazy bastard the sooner he is out the better only you with your childish love affair sees otherwise

Champagne charlie

Arteta absolutely nuking this presser, this guy knows what the fuck he wants and will not suffer fools.

I hope he can work his vision into reality, will be so exciting to witness.

Bob N16

Just words but Arteta saying exactly what we want to hear.

Marko

Basically right off the bat talking about going in a direction and if people don’t get on board it sounds like they’re fucked. He obviously is aware of the toxic influence of some players and wants to address that. Not a coincidence then that Xhaka and Özil are linked with moves away

Romford Pele

Freddie tweeted he’s staying but Arteta says they need to have a convo.

Guns of Brixton

I loved that presser 🤩

Marko

Never noticed he has a finger tattoo.

Romford Pele

He was quite firm. I don’t think we saw this aspect to him as a player tbh

Guns of Brixton

“We need to be ruthless and get rid of the excuses ”

Wham bam strawberry jam that line had me in an ethereal state!!

Wasi

Arteta giving Wenger vibes in his first press conference. Intelligent, clear and most importantly loves the club.
#WelcomeArteta.
Take us back to the glory days and beyond.

Tom

Yes, the only defence for the people who would like to shoot the messenger is “this is an I told you blog”. Never mind that we just made the worst decision in footballing history.

——————
“We” didn’t make the decision, the club did.
You’re not a messenger, at this point you’re a nag.

Leedsgunner

It’s a bit unfair on Freddie but to me, Arteta gave the impression that Freddie will not be part of his backroom staff.

Hopefully I’m wrong though… he has done a good job with our youngsters.

Champagne charlie

Perhaps ott, but that felt like a real watershed moment since Wenger left.

In one presser I’m totally convinced the guy running shit knows what he wants, and that what he wants is what this club desperately needs.

Excited at what’s to come.

Marko

Don’t give a shit about Freddie. Placate the manager not an assistant. If Arteta wants someone else put Freddie elsewhere

MidwestGun

He obviously is aware of the toxic influence of some players and wants to address that.
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Yep Arteta had a front row seat for when Ozil stripped off his gloves and kicked them in the stands. Hopefully Josh K gave him some assurances he can implement his plan and doesn’t hang him out to dry.

Wasi

Was literally smiling watching the presser.
Arteta should keep Freddie around. Top bloke.

Chika

Arteta doesn’t seems like the sort that fucks about. He has that aura of authority that you sometimes hate to love but ultimately admire.

Romford Pele

Arteta – “I don’t want people hiding. I want people taking responsibility for the job. Anybody that doesn’t buy into this is not good enough for this enviornment or culture.”

Pretty ominous

Chika

I think the club might need to create a role for Freddie, I kinda feel Arteta doesn’t have a defined role for him.

Wasi

Looking at the tweet of Freddie he will most probably be staying. The club wont turn their back on Freddie after all the good work he has done since return to Arsenal.

Marc

“Perhaps ott, but that felt like a real watershed moment since Wenger left.

In one presser I’m totally convinced the guy running shit knows what he wants, and that what he wants is what this club desperately needs.

Excited at what’s to come.”

Really nice comment Cc

MidwestGun

Make Freddie the Pepe whisperer.. would work for me.

Romford Pele

Freddie’s tweet said one thing but the way Arteta spoke said something else… Hmmmm

Marko

He was quite firm. I don’t think we saw this aspect to him as a player tbh He has to. Straight off young inexperienced he has to come in and show them cunts who’s boss. Show them they don’t get to work under him he’ll get rid of them. We need that more than anything after Wenger and Emery. You always got the feeling with Wenger it was a creche and he had his favourites while Unai felt like an intern trying to give out orders. He has to come in drop kick Sokratis straight away, slap some sense into… Read more »

Guns of Brixton

You have to be ruthless, consistent and fit every day the culture of the club to create a winning mentality. Every day is important, every act is important.

“His work rate is incredible… For me the secret is that the players and staff have to believe what you’re trying to deliver.”

Bloodclart!!

Marko

Arteta – “I don’t want people hiding. I want people taking responsibility for the job. Anybody that doesn’t buy into this is not good enough for this enviornment or culture.”Pretty ominous

It’s a very good sign for me. Much needed these last few years

CaliGooner

How could Bergkamp get the job when he won’t get on a plane?

Leedsgunner

Romford

“Arteta – “I don’t want people hiding. I want people taking responsibility for the job. Anybody that doesn’t buy into this is not good enough for this enviornment or culture.”

Saying the right thing easy. Doing the right thing is where he will start to win the fans over.

I hope we start to see the likes of Xhaka and Mustafi out finally. To be fair to the club, we’ve done well in jettisoning loads of deadwood recently.

It will be interesting who his first signing will be….

Marko

Show them they don’t get to work under him he’ll get rid of them.

Should read don’t want to work under him

Wasi

Romford
Arteta said he only met with Freddie for 10 mins. That too when he was meeting the players and the staff. That probably means they didn’t get time to talk as Arteta said. The Freddie tweet was just out a few minutes ago. Arteta has surely haven’t seen it yet. So Maybe Arteta doesn’t know what Freddie wants yet. Hope he stays along.

azed

Surely you , as an Arsenal supporter, should be hoping that Arteta can help Ozil produce his very best form, or is that too much to ask.

Pierre
The modern is game is about what you do both on and off the ball. Ozil doesn’t have that in his locker and expecting him to have it at 31 is wishful thinking.

Ozil cannot function in a Klopp or Pep team and those are the teams we should be aiming to be like.

Marko

Apparently willing to take a loss on Xhaka. Club really wants rid it seems. A loss and linked to Hertha Berlin sounds about right

CaliGooner

We desperately need to sign a left back first and foremost.

Wasi

Azed
Tbh Silva is very much close to Ozil as a player. And Pep succeeded in making him work in that system as a key player . No reason why Arteta couldnt do the same. + Ozil has already shown a welcoming nature towards Arteta. On the other hand Arteta said he knows what Ozil can do when he ticks and its his job as a manager to get the best out of him.

DigitalBob

Marko – yep its understandable.

Does anyone think we will sell any of the players we want rid for a profit? I doubt it in all cases and that includes Auba and Laca should they leave.

James wood

Arteta praising Wenger.
I just hope he has a stricter
Philosophy than Wenger had
in his final years and the easy ride players had
and have continued to have under Emery.

Players like Ozil and Xhaka should in every sense been sacked.

Wasi

Cali
Yeah. But Saka was not bad against City. If he can deputise at LB until Kola returns then we should be really looking to get a good central midfielder in thay suits Arteta ball (whatever it is).

MidwestGun

Well I for one hope it works out.. Even if it means Pedro will be insufferable. Will be interesting to see what it all means in regards to manager, owner, and the suits.

Lots of moving parts. That and games hot and heavy over the holiday season..Anyhow … Pedro’s next post should be epic. hahahaha He is probably shooting oatmeal milk coffee latte straight into his veins while furiously typing.

Batistuta

What’s the point repeating yourself that we made the wrong hire, we heard you the first time around, now you’re first in line for the “i told you so crowd”.

Really looking forward to Mikel and more importantly what players we’re flogging and what type we might be bringing in.

Season’s not over for me, still lots to play for.

Marko

Well I for one hope it works out.. Even if it means Pedro will be insufferable.

I mean he’s already insufferable but at least in that scenario the club we all love would actually be doing well. Plus and this is very important to remember if Arteta does well and Arsenal does well then Raul looks like a Don again.

Major_Jeneral

Arteta #WelcomeBack.

Cesc Appeal

He spoke well, I like the bit where he was saying the players essentially have to show they want to be part of this and that means meeting his standards.

I can already guess who isn’t going to meet the standards of effort required.

Hope he sticks to it.

azed

Tbh Silva is very much close to Ozil as a player.

Wasi,

The above is not true. David Silva started as a winger and played under Emery in early days at Valencia.

Marc

Marko

“insufferable”

Isn’t the most common word used about Pedro!

Paulinho

“Tbh Silva is very much close to Ozil as a player”

Only at a very base level. Silva thrives in congestion, Ozil needs space.

Very impressive from Arteta so far. Best choice we could’ve made. Need someone that wants to get under the car and get his hands dirty and he looks well up for it.

shaun

I am warming to Arteta as you can almost feel the discipline and jesus lord that is what those petulant children need , the lack of football discipline is near unbelievable at arsenal

Luteo Guenreira

Welcome back Mikel. Godspeed.

Major_Jeneral

When I hear someone says things like “we need to be ruthless and need to cut out the excuses”, it feels me with hope that the person means business. #WelcomeBackArteta

Elmo

Now that Tets has made clear his outlook, I wonder if Auba, as club captain, will get the players to club together to buy him a watch.

That would be a nice touch.

Unai

Title ain’t out of the question now we have super Mik……

Seriously though, very impressed with what I’m hearing from him and if he can create anything like what’s going on at City, Pool or Leicester I’ll be over the moon.

The club have to back him now, get the right players in and the wrong uns out.

I know I’ve given Pierre some shit over Ozil but would be over the moon if he can get something out of him, cant see it but would love it if he could.

Marc

The major thing Arteta does have going for him in regards to laying down the law is that this team has been shit this season.

Outside of Leno and some of the kids I can’t think of a player who’s been really even close to playing well, Auba’s picked up a decent goal tally but if he’s not going to fall in line and sign a new contract he’s gone anyway.