New Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said he was confident he would have the London club challenging for top honors again and asked for patience after being appointed head coach on a 3-1/2 year contract on Friday. Arteta, who made 149 appearances for Arsenal between 2011 and 2016 before joining Manchester City’s coaching staff as Pep Guardiola’s assistant, replaces fellow Spaniard Unai Emery at the Emirates Stadium. We need to be competing for the top trophies in the game,” the former Arsenal captain said in a statement https://www.arsenal.com/news/mikel-arteta-joining-our-new-head-coach. Soon after Arteta’s appointment was announced, the 48-year-old Emery told the BBC that Arsenal had made the right choice in appointing the rookie. Arsenal director Josh Kroenke, son of the club’s majority owner Stan Kroenke, and Sanllehi both thanked Ljungberg for his three-week stewardship.

Source: National Post December 20, 2019 15:00 UTC