REPORT: ARTETA HAS NO PLANS TO LEAVE ARSENAL AT END OF SEASON DESPITE BARCA LINK
Read Time:1 Minute, 11 Second
Mikel Arteta has no plans to leave Arsenal this summer, despite a sensational report in Spain claiming he could walk away at the end of the season.
Reports in Spain have suggested the Gunners boss intends to step down in the summer, with a number of outlets linking him to the Barcelona job.
Sources close to Arsenal have adamantly denied that there is any truth in the Catalan press reports, however, with Arteta committed to managing the Gunners.
Arteta is contracted to Arsenal until the summer of 2025.
Spanish publication Diario AS reported that the Spaniard had informed his entourage that he was open to exiting the Emirates following the conclusion of the current campaign, amid ongoing links to the post at Barcelona.
On Saturday, Xavi announced he would be stepping down as Barcelona head coach at the end of the season.
Arteta, 41, replaced Unai Emery at Arsenal, taking a senior managerial role for the first time in his career.
Before taking the job, Arteta had been working as a member of Pep Guardiola’s coaching staff at Manchester City, a role he took up upon retiring from playing in the summer of 2016.
In September 2020, having guided Arsenal to an eighth-place finish in the Premier League and an FA Cup win in the previous season, Arteta was made first-team manager of the north London club having previously gone by the title as head coach.
Happy
0 %
Sad
0 %
Excited
0 %
Sleepy
0 %
Angry
0 %
Surprise
0 %
0
0