This archive report was first published on 26 November 2019.
Manchester City assistant manager Mikel Arteta is among the favorites to take over at Arsenal if incumbent Unai Emery is sacked, but Pep Guardiola has ruled out the possibility of Arteta leaving the club during the current season.
Guardiola expressed confidence in Arteta's future as a manager, saying, “Of course (Arteta) will be a manager sooner or later. We are going to finish the season but in the future I don’t know what’s going to happen.”
Arteta, who joined Guardiola’s staff three years ago, was also backed for the job by former Arsenal captain Arsene Wenger before the long-serving Frenchman left the club.
Guardiola, however, is in no rush to lose his right-hand man, saying, “I’d like him to stay with us. Manchester City has a person of incredible value to work here in the future. But professional desires are professional desires. Everyone is more than satisfied to have him here.”
Guardiola praised Arteta, saying, “… He is an incredible human being and works a lot. I said after a few months together he would be a manager. He’s already a manager — he behaves like a manager.”
Published on November 26, 2019, at 1:18 PM.
