Mikel Arteta feels “extraordinarily proud” after signing a brand new long-term contract at Arsenal.

Arteta joined the Gunners in 2019 and has re-established the membership as a real Premier League contender having completed runners-up to Manchester Metropolis in every of the final two seasons.

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The Spaniard, whose deal is reported to run till 2027, gained the FA Cup in 2020 and likewise led Arsenal again into the Champions League after a seven-year absence.

Arteta mentioned: “I really feel extraordinarily proud, very excited and am wanting ahead to what’s coming subsequent. I’m proud to be the place I’m and have the relationships that I’ve with everybody on the membership.

“I really feel extraordinarily fortunate to work each single day with good individuals and the ambition now we have right here. I really feel very impressed, I really feel challenged, I really feel supported and I wish to do far more than what we’ve already accomplished collectively.

“Along with the gamers and everybody on the membership, we’re wanting ahead to the approaching years, with our supporters, who’ve emotionally reworked the membership and the workforce. Our supporters have reworked people and we’re totally different now. You possibly can inform that we’re totally different and for me, that’s all the way down to them. We look ahead to persevering with the journey collectively.”

The information is a fine addition for Arsenal as they head into Sunday’s North London derby with Tottenham.

Arsenal co-chair Josh Kroenke mentioned: “We’re delighted to have prolonged Mikel’s contract.

“Mikel is a dynamic and passionate supervisor, who’s relentless within the pursuit of excellence. He has a deep understanding of Arsenal’s values, and since becoming a member of us as Head Coach in December 2019, he has taken the workforce to a different stage in an Arsenal method.

“There’s a nice collective workforce spirit on the membership, and with the robust relationships we maintain between us and perception in what we do, we glance ahead with pleasure and confidence, as we proceed our purpose – to win collectively.”

Sporting Director Edu added: “We’re actually completely satisfied that Mikel has signed a brand new long-term contract. It’s a really constructive and proud second for everybody on the membership and an essential a part of what we’re all working in the direction of.

“Mikel has proven his qualities for the reason that very first day he joined us, not solely as a soccer supervisor, however as an individual with fantastic values. Now we have a powerful perception in what we’re doing and what we wish to obtain collectively. Mikel’s new contract offers us stability and clear course as we purpose for brand new heights.”

Arteta, whose enjoying profession included a five-year spell with Arsenal, succeeded Unai Emery within the supervisor’s function having spent 4 years as a part of Pep Guardiola’s teaching workers at Manchester Metropolis.

Guardiola’s affect was straightforward to see as Arteta rapidly moulded the Gunners right into a high-press, possession-heavy workforce which have now grow to be Metropolis’s largest challengers for the Premier League title.





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