Mikel Arteta (San Sebastián, 1982) Celebrate Five years under the arsenal. During this time, Basque raised three titles (the 2019-2020 FA Cup and the 2020 and 2023 Community Shield). A figure considering -is not enough. Although, yes, he said that for him one of the most important things is that his players are happy to do what they do.
What do you think of this new format and how do you see the future for you in the Champions League? I would say that this is a pending topic for arsenal.
Above all, more work. Because because they are more rivals and all different, we have to put a lot of time and dedicate ourselves to discover the opponent only once, than normal in champions you have the advantage to play twice with them . From there, it’s fun for how the phase lost. We still need to end it against a rival (the girona) that will definitely be complicated. But, in general, we are happy with what we have done and hopefully we are classified because, as you said, this is a pending club account that we have had for years.
Five years in Arsenal, which part of the process are you now and what level of titles are asked today?
In this club it is irrevocable to win big titles. With the stability of the performance level equipment, in other normal circumstances we will be able to accompany some large titles in the hands, but the fact is not. So, we are missing something and that is where we have to find the margin that can do everything we all expect, which will make a jump and win big titles.
It has commented that you Arsenal has changed his gaming style. For example, there is ‘The King of the Stopped Ball’ talk, how much does it take to get the successes?
For me a lot, because how it will change. Ultimately, the contexts we will deal with in this league are very different every three days. My obsession is to win in any context, master every stage of the game, every context and the team is comfortable with that. Because there are times when the rival will take you to the chaos. Ultimately, having resources for everyone, that’s my obsession. Give tools to players to be comfortable and, obviously, have a very clear idea of what we want to do, which will submit and master the rival in their area as much as possible and never satisfied any The win, two or three goals. That’s the team’s mind.
Last week we saw the city having a very bad time in Paris and a debate appeared, especially in the press, about whether the Guardiola model was defeated.
Football is among the players, tell me who and what intentionality. For me the scheme is a pattern, a moment in which something begins, but the development of these patterns, of those goals, dictated by the players and then the rival in relation to How it acts. For me, after many years, in everything they have done and what they continue to do, for the results of simplicity, where they are available, they seem a bit raised, but this is a personal opinion.
You have said on many occasions that you need signings, I want you to do your desire list.
“That they were all healthy. It was the only one. I was never asked. They gave me the possibility if it could help us to have any reinforcement and I believe that, in every window, the team should try to improve, change. .. and the first thing we do is look inside.
Where do you think football is going, in general and you, especially, where do you see yourself as a short and medium term coach?
I believe the evolution of football is closely attributed to future policies. First, regarding strict sports regulations, to see if there is any important regulation change that needs to be adapted in terms of playing and tactics. And then, the financial part. For example, the Premier League and UEFA are different and, along with the number of games there, which will limit us a lot: how many players we can get and what number and in what quality. I think they will be two things that will repair ways of playing templates.
And, about my future, I’m happy, very grateful. I enjoy a lot of experience, the challenge and future I see here winning titles. That’s what I want.
It is very important to keep players motivation, what is your role in this sense so that they are always helpful?
For me the first thing is they are happy. I believe that, if I deal with a group of players and fate we need to dedicate ourselves to what we love, we have no pleasure, I think I will need to devote me to something else. Then put the competitive blood on the vein, which eventually we are here to win. And the third is that they have a feeling beyond what they do, a sense of possession of where they are and take care of it. There will be moments or some very confident contexts where they need it because it comes from a difficult time, but will further generate a context of inspiring them. That day -day will come and feel that they can improve, change, with something new. That they felt what they were doing for me was the most important thing.
Martin (Odegaard) is one of the most premier -determinations? What margin of improvement do you see? To what extent can it be negative to be dependent on him?
One thing is the aesthetics and another thing is skill. At the aesthetic level, replace Martin, how it moves, how it relates, if we want to do the same with another, it won’t happen. So, we need to gather and be different from that. I put it on a pedestal. First, as a person, because it is an absolute sky: how to take care of it, how it will take care of others, how it acts in the day -to -day. And then what he likes to play football, how we share the idea of how we want to do it. For me, he was a full -time leader in that. His evolution was: he used to play away from the place. I approached the place and now like the place. The following was that I loved the place that, every time I took a step, it felt. And the day I do that, as when he does 15 goals at the premier, he can do it every year, because he has the ability to do it.
How do you manage to defend such an aggressive and intensity?
It was closely related to what I said about Martin, that they felt it, that they would defend. And then, convince them that, defending in an aggressive way will help make shorter and shorter efforts and play closer to the game we want. Install costs, as these are habits. It’s something to be all day with a stick, reward, appreciate it … and that they are eleven players all the time connected. But, we will need to be the best in the world running back.
It seems that things are not going to go, what do you think can happen to him?
Everyone knows what I love, how grateful I am for the opportunity he has given me, for the relationship we have, which we have known for many years. There is a competitive part, obviously, but I want to do it well from the heart, he knows it. And, ultimately, it’s football and changes soon. And, obviously, when you put the ribbon up so high, the higher you can’t go. So, or keep it, or people will judge you back.
Source: La Verdad
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