Arsenal are expected to officially announce Mikel Arteta as their manager this week, as per reports in the Mirror.
Incoming manager, Mikel Arteta will also be demanding significant control over transfers and wants to play a key role in transfer decisions before taking charge of the Gunners as reported by The Daily Mail.
Negotiations have already reached advanced stages with personal terms agreed but the young Spaniard wants assurances from GM Ivan Gazidis regarding his role in transfer recruitments before committing himself to Arsenal.
As reported last week, Arteta has already started recruiting members of his backroom staff and if reports are anything to go by, he will most likely be unveiled as early as next week.
Juventus’s Maximiliano Allegri was top of Arsenal’s list of transfer targets but the Italian committed himself to Juventus for another year while Bundesliga’ Hoffenheim refused to entertain the possibility of losing head coach Nagelsmann to the Premiership side leaving Mikel Arteta as the hands-down favourite to replace outgoing manager Arsene Wenger.
Arteta is preparing to depart reigning EPL champions Manchester City where he served as an assistant under Pep Guardiola and his return is welcomed by fans of the club which he served dutifully for years.
What impact his demands will have on the role of current head of recruitment Sven Mislintat remains to be seen.
It is common for new managers to demand significant if not total control over player transfers and it is even more common to find coaches clashing with club sporting directors over choice of players.This is something that the management will seek to avoid when making concessions of this magnitude.
If agreements can be reached and rough edges smoothened out, Arsenal’ new manager will have his work cut out for him immediately he is unveiled.
From all indications, there appears to be no hitches in view as Stan Kroenke seems to be comfortable with Ivan Gazidis’ choice. Whatever happens in the coming days, trust us to you posted.
