Updated: Arsenal recruit Mikel Arteta as a coach. It writes the club in a posting on Twitter.
There is both a comeback and a major farewell.
And all the big news was revealed by Manchester City’s manager Pep Guardiola at a press conference a short time ago. Here told Guardiola that his Spanish assistant Mikel Arteta soon as is the past in the club.
He needs a trip home to Arsenal, where a job as a manager is waiting. A short time after the confirmed Arsenal so even the news on Twitter:
At the press conference said Guardiola:
“He is in London and close to finalising a deal with Arsenal. It is almost in place,” says City manager, according to The Telegraphs journalist James Ducker.
Mikel Arteta was as an active player five years at Arsenal, where he possibly had his best time.
But after the career, downloaded Pep Guardiola him to Manchester City to be one of the assistants. It is now over, for You simply could not thank no to the job offer from Arsenal.
“When you have a dream, you can’t stop it. The Arsenal was an important part of the Mikels career. One of the best teams in England. We wish him all the best. I’m pretty sure that he will do a great work,” said Pep Guardiola on.
It is not the first time that Pep Guardiola airs Mikel Arteta and Arsenal’s plans. Already in the last week, he gave a small update on the janitor’s possible future.
“We were so smart to hire him then, and now they want the other clubs to have him. I have said it many times that he is a great person and a skilled trainer with good work ethic. This is why he is here,” said Guardiola.
Arsenal have been without a permanent manager since the end of november, where Unai Emery was fired. Then took over the Swedish Fredrik Ljungberg temporarily, but he must now give way.