Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta agrees three-year contract extension with Gunners: Here is what to know

Mikel Arteta has signed a brand new three-year contract at Arsenal. The Spaniard’s present phrases had been as a result of expire on the finish of the season however neither he nor his employers had supplied any suggestion that Arteta would possibly depart a membership which have reestablished themselves as title contenders underneath his stewardship, which started in December 2019.

Arteta is predicted to obtain a big enhance on the $9 million a yr wage he agreed to in Could 2022 on his final extension, per sources. Since then, the 44-year-old has guided Arsenal to consecutive second-placed finishes within the Premier League albeit with out including to the FA Cup he received on the finish of his first season in cost in 2020.

Regardless of progress not but translating into silverware, it has lengthy appeared a matter of when not if Arteta would put pen to paper, the person himself acknowledging final month that Arsenal’s work within the switch window had led to him delaying the finalization of his extension, which comes on the eve of the north London derby at Tottenham on Sunday. 

“I really feel extraordinarily proud, very excited and am trying ahead to what’s coming subsequent,” mentioned Arteta in an announcement. “I am 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 we now have right here. I really feel very impressed, I really feel challenged, I really feel supported and I wish to do way more than what we have already achieved collectively.

“Along with the gamers and everybody on the membership, we’re trying ahead to the approaching years, with our supporters, who’ve emotionally reworked the membership and the crew. 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 right down to them. We look ahead to persevering with the journey collectively.”

As he approaches the half decade mark at Arsenal, Arteta is already the sixth longest tenured supervisor within the Premier League and English Soccer League; within the Premier League solely Brentford’s Thomas Frank and Pep Guardiola have longer tenures. Sunday’s assembly with the latter will see Arteta enter the highest 10 longest-tenured Arsenal managers when it comes to video games coached, his 233 to date having delivered 138 wins.

Arsenal have began the season in encouraging trend, selecting up seven factors from a potential 9 within the Premier League and including the likes of Raheem Sterling, Mikel Merino and Riccardo Calafiori to their squad. Arteta’s extension marks the beginning of a pivotal 10-day interval for Arsenal, who journey to Tottenham and Metropolis within the Premier League both aspect of a Champions League opener away to Atalanta.

“We’re delighted to have prolonged Mikel’s contract,” mentioned co-chair Josh Kroenke. “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 crew to a different degree in an Arsenal approach. There’s a nice collective crew spirit on the membership, and with the sturdy relationships we maintain between us and perception in what we do, we glance ahead with pleasure and confidence, as we proceed our intention – to win collectively.”

Sporting Director Edu added, “We’re actually blissful that Mikel has signed a brand new long-term contract. It is a very constructive and proud second for everybody on the membership and an necessary a part of what we’re all working in the direction of. Mikel has proven his qualities because the very first day he joined us, not solely as a soccer supervisor, however as an individual with great values. We’ve got a powerful perception in what we’re doing and what we wish to obtain collectively. Mikel’s new contract provides us stability and clear course as we intention for brand spanking new heights.”

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