Arsenal chief Edu welcomes new Arteta contract; explains timing | OneFootball

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·6 May 2022

Arsenal chief Edu welcomes new Arteta contract; explains timing

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Arsenal chief Edu has welcomed manager Mikel Arteta's new contract.

Arteta has penned a new deal to 2025 today.


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Edu said, "It's brilliant, I am very pleased for him, we as a club as well are very excited to have him for a much longer period. So let's enjoy him a little bit more because he's doing a great job and he deserves it.

"To be next to him and start to know him even more when you work with him every day, he has a lot of them. I always say to be a very good manager you need three good characteristics. I think he has all of them. You need to be a good communicator, like he is. He needs to be a guy who controls the tactics and understand the game very well. And to manage people. That's the three key points needed to be a very good manager. Of course there are a lot more as well, but those are the main ones, which he controls very much. That's why he's doing well and is a very good manager."

Asked about the timing of the new deal, Edu also said: "There are a lot of reasons why. First of all we can put our plan in place, and secondly it's important to show everyone where we want to go as a club. We are going to face a big summer again, it's important to have our manager in here because people are asking us 'what about his future? What about the team? This season how are we going to play?'

"Then we can prove that we are continuing with this manager and keep playing the way we are. So that helps us a lot. I think the timing will be perfect, I really believe the message will be a big lift to everyone. To the fans, to the club, to the players, to Mikel. I think it will be brilliant and I'm looking forward to it."

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