Mikel Arteta falls in love at Arsenal. The Spanish coach has managed to redirect the situation of the ‘gunner’ club and in just nine months he has been able to win two titles, the FA Cup and the Community Shield. For this reason, the London club has decided to reward him with a promotion.
Arteta held the title of coach until now, but from now on he will act as manager of the team, having more decision-making power in regards to transfers and club structure, approaching Edu, the sports director.
“He hasn't been a head coach since the first day he walked through the door. It has been doing much more than that. That (title change) is really a recognition of what he's been up to since the day he walked in the door and also of the capabilities that we believe Mikel has, “said CEO Vinai Venkatesham.
“In terms of what that really means, aside from job titles, I suppose the head coach is usually responsible for coaching the team, that is, running the team's training department. But the way we are going to structure things in the future is that Mikel and Edu together will lead all the other responsible disciplines in the men's first team, be it analysis, exploration, medicine, high performance, they will lead those areas together, ”added Venkatesham. .