🚨🎙️| Arsene Wenger on Mikel Arteta
🗣️ “Football is an art, and like any great work, it requires the courage to endure the period of the sketch before the masterpiece is revealed. In Mikel, I see a man who does not just manage a team, but honors a philosophy. He possesses that rare technical discipline combined with a deep love for the soul of Arsenal.
We live in a world of the 'immediate,' where people want the harvest before they have even finished planting the seeds. The critics often mistake the turbulence of growth for a lack of direction, but one must look at the quality of the process. Mikel has the clarity and the strength to lead this club back to its natural height.
To the supporters, I say this: beauty and success are born from stability and faith. Do not let the noise of the moment drown out the music of the future. He is a great coach because he understands that a club is built on values, not just results. Trust in him, give him the time that excellence demands, and the trophies will arrive as a natural consequence of the house he is building”
I’m going to be insufferable in summer… not because I’m an “Arsenal fan” but because in the past 3 years I have witnessed…
- Liverpool fans holding a banner of Arteta dressed as a woman “Never the bride”
- Tottenham celebrate their team losing to City at home
- Haaland “Stay Humble”
- David Bentley break into Arteta’s office, take his beer and mock Arsenal because Spurs won Europa
- Slot, Hurzeler, Ten Hag, Amorim etc… complain about Arsenal’s style of football & claim that they should’ve won matches against us
- Rival fans say Arsenal don’t deserve to win the prem because they’re not “entertaining”
- Liverpool fans “drinking Arsenals tears” at a parade
- Constant calls of being “bottlejobs” from rival fans
- The silly culture of watch alongs from fans who gain fame from hating on Arsenal when their teams aren’t even in the title race or rivals of Arsenals (Kee Thomas I’m talking to you)
- Second again chants at stadiums.
- Gary Neville constantly berating our club, when he’s praising other teams for doing the same
- Jamie Carragher saying “Get down the tunnel” for a simple celebration
- Man City fans talking about “We’re breathing down on you”
- Lastly, every time we win people tell us to shut up & run online narratives because it’s Arsenal but praise other clubs for doing the same…
And I’m sure I’ve missed some.
So don’t judge Arsenal fans when we’re out n about in London with kits on. When the trophy parade shuts down the entirety of North London & Northwest London. We deserve this.