{"id":538389,"date":"2019-12-18T10:02:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T15:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=538389"},"modified":"2019-12-18T10:02:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T15:02:03","slug":"report-mikel-arteta-to-be-named-arsenal-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/12\/18\/report-mikel-arteta-to-be-named-arsenal-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Mikel Arteta to be Named Arsenal Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a> are set to name <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/d934d1e6\/Mikel-Arteta?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikel Arteta<\/a> as their new head coach, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1207302406591143937\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. After weeks of speculation over both his and the club&#8217;s futures, the two have reunited in a match which promises to be exciting if nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>Following Unai Emery&#8217;s turbulent tenure at the club, executives have elected to take a new approach with his successor and give a big opportunity to a relatively small name. That doesn&#8217;t mean the task is anything but monumental.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal Appoint Mikel Arteta Head Coach<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mikel Arteta is set to become new Arsenal manager.<\/p>\n<p>Today Man City has accepted &#8211; Pep Guardiola wanted him to stay but it\u2019s a great opportunity for Arteta. Here we go! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiMarzio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DiMarzio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ManCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ManCity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Arsenal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Arsenal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rxG4Kgbydm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/rxG4Kgbydm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1207302406591143937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Misfiring Gunners<\/h3>\n<p>Unai Emery&#8217;s departure was preceded by a run of eight matches without a win across competitions. <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/5d9e8825\/Freddie-Ljungberg?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freddie Ljungberg<\/a>&#8216;s brief tenure as interim boss then yielded just one win in the first five matches.<\/p>\n<p>That left them in a huge hole which seems insurmountable. After their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2019\/12\/15\/arsenal-fail-impress-manchester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">0-3 loss at home<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/manchester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City<\/a>, Arsenal were seven points off of fourth-place <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a> for the final Champions League place.<\/p>\n<p>The main issue for Mikel Arteta to sort is the defence. Arsenal have hardly kept a clean sheet this season, regardless of competition. That reckless defending has left them with the Europa League looking the likeliest route back to the Champions League before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>In order to return to Europe&#8217;s elite competition, the Gunners will have to become far more consistent and stop conceding easy goals to the opposition. That is no small deed.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta will have to do so after just over three years as <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b21fe2db\/Pep-Guardiola?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pep Guardiola<\/a>&#8216;s assistant at City. While the former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/everton\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Everton<\/a> man has gained praise from all corners of the footballing world, stepping into a job as large as this must be daunting.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are in uncharted waters having gone adrift of the top four in recent seasons. Meanwhile, their new head coach has not yet managed in any capacity, only assisted.<\/p>\n<p>One thing seems certain in this new union; there is no telling just how Mikel Arteta&#8217;s Arsenal tenure will go.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"wuO5zkkzRGBcLJugBKaMtw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1194113148\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'wuO5zkkzRGBcLJugBKaMtw',sig:'6bmwYugl_65Q6jap7ivVsjWo3hcjAUOfVGAj-8UsLW4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1194113148',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are set to name Mikel Arteta as their new head coach, according to Fabrizio Romano. After weeks of speculation over both his and the club&#8217;s futures, the two have reunited in a match which promises to be exciting if nothing else. Following Unai Emery&#8217;s turbulent tenure at the club, executives have elected to take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2390,"featured_media":538453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2,17,30,3],"tags":[32738,100,4372,40,136],"class_list":["post-538389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-featured","category-manchester-city","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-manchester-city","tag-mikel-arteta","tag-premier-league","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2390"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}