Arsenal have appointed Mikel Arteta as their new head coach on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
The former Gunners captain leaves his role as Manchester City assistant manager and replaces Freddie Ljungberg, who took over as interim head coach following Unai Emery’s sacking at the end of last month.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has expressed his pride at being named the manager of ‘one of the biggest clubs in the world’.
“This is a huge honour,” he said.
“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.”
The 37-year-old played for the Gunners for five seasons from 2011 to 2016 winning two FA Cups and two Community Shields in the process.
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