Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says it is “impossible” to imagine himself ever managing another Premier League club. Arteta celebrated his five-year anniversary at Arsenal on Friday after being handed the job in December 2019 following the sacking of Unai Emery.
In that time, Arteta has transformed Arsenal into title contenders and his connection to the club has grown after captaining them as a player. And asked if he could ever imagine managing another Premier League club, Arteta said: “At the moment, impossible.
“I have very limited energy because I put all of it into this football club, to the players and the staff to give my very best. And that’s my only ambition, to make this club more successful. “I think you have to live in the present in this job. Obviously you have to plan for what is coming in the mid and long term, that’s for sure, and we have a lot of conversations regarding that.
“But I think the energy has to be in the moment, paying attention to every detail and understanding how things are working, putting more processes in place to make better decisions and obviously have that aim to keep everybody fit, to get the best out of them and make sure that they feel part of what we do.”.
Arsenal was Arteta’s first ever job in management after previously working as an assistant to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City following his retirement in 2016. Arteta has had to learn on the job and he believes that there is still more work for him to do.
