Mikel Arteta has revealed that Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke and chief executive Vinai Venkatesham have apologised to him and the players over the club's plans to join the collapsed Super League. "I have to really respect that when people have genuine intentions to do the best for this football club but, if it's not the right thing to do, they can apologise. "Obviously they are the maximum responsible to run the football club. On Tuesday, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola hit out at the Super League plans, saying the concept of clubs automatically qualifying for the competition because they were founding members was "not sport". Sky Sports News reporter Kaveh SolhekolThere was a frantic race to be first to quit the European Super League (ESL) on Tuesday.

Source: Sky sports April 22, 2021 10:06 UTC