Arsenal Announce Mikel Arteta As Their New Head Coach

Arsenal have announced the appointment of former midfielder Mikel Arteta as their new manager.

The Spaniard joined the Gunners on a three-and-a-half-year deal after joining them from Manchester City.

Arteta has been with the Citizens since 2016 after the appointment of former Bayern Munich boss three years ago.

Arteta has been a part of City’s success in the last two seasons as the Etihad Stadium outfit became the first English team to win domestic treble last term.

“We’re delighted to announce Mikel Arteta is joining the club as our head coach on Sunday.

“Mikel, a former club captain, played for us for five seasons from 2011 to 2016 and has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract.

Mikel said: “This is a huge honour. Arsenal is one of the biggest clubs in the world. We need to be competing for the top trophies in the game and that’s been made very clear to me in my discussions with Stan and Josh Kroenke, and the senior people from the club.

“We all know there is a lot of work to be done to achieve that but I am confident we’ll do it. I’m realistic enough to know it won’t happen overnight but the current squad has plenty of talent and there is a great pipeline of young players coming through from the academy