Arsenal football club on Thursday, December 20th, 2019 announced Mikel Arteta as their new head coach. The Spaniard who was a former Arsenal captain played for the club for five seasons between 2011 to 2016 signed a three and half year deal with the north London club.

The former Gunners captain made a total of one hundred and fifty (150) appearances for the club, started one hundred and thirty-one (131)matches, scored sixteen (16) goals, provided eight( assists, won a total of eight ( trophies and had a passing accuracy of 91.5%.

Arteta's route to becoming Arsenal coach has been a long and winding one taking into consideration how long it lingered before he finally signed for the gunners.

It's hard not to think his appointment is a game because he has never been a coach before. There is a big difference between being an assistant and being the main man on the dugout. For example, he will have to deal directly with the consequences of not selecting a player, dealing with egos among the senior players, discussing difficult contract situations and man-managing players like Ozil who is his former teammate.

That notwithstanding, the ever-demanding emirate stadium faithful should see some positives to rally and support their new head coach.

He was humiliated by Arsenal board last year by being dropped in the last minute, he took a pay cut to join Arsenal as a player and not minding being under one of the best coaches in the world with a far more compact Man city team to sign for a shambolic Arsenal team.

After the departure of Arsene Wenger at the end of the 2017/2018 season, Arteta was at the forefront of the shortlisted candidates to take over but the three-man panel of Ivan Gazidis, Sven Mislintat, and Raul Sanllehi opted for Unai Emery who they saw as a more experienced option.

Arteta is known as Mr mentality, he was an incredible professional during his playing days, he has taken his confidence and tactfulness into his coaching career.

He has good leadership qualities and communication skills during his two years as Arsenal captain, this was seen during the time he and Mertesacker faced the press when the chips were down. I know you might say this is insignificant but it goes a long way to show his character.

As someone who had earlier spent five years at the club, it's going to be a home for him. He knows ..


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