Arsenal coach set to stay after Norwich City links fade | OneFootball

Norwich City have sacked manager David Wagner, but they won’t be moving for Arsenal’s Carlos Cuesta, according to a report.

ST ALBANS, ENGLAND: Carlos Cuesta, Assistant Coach of Arsenal arrives alongside Mikel Arteta, Manager of Arsenal, ahead of a training session at London Colney on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Following their embarrassing 4-0 play-off defeat to Leeds United, Norwich City are set for another season of Championship football, and they’ve made a speedy decision to relieve manager David Wagner of his duties.

Norwich sporting director and former Arsenal loan manager Ben Knapper is working on finding a replacement, and there had been links with Gunners assistant coach Carlos Cuesta earlier in the year.

But The Telegraph report that Cuesta is no longer understood to be under consideration. Liam Rosenior and Steve Cooper have been linked with the job instead.

LONDON, ENGLAND: Arsenal Assistant Manager Albert Stuivenberg talks to Carlos Cuesta during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester City at Emirates Stadium on January 01, 2022. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

Ed Aarons reported in February that Arsenal were expecting interest in Cuesta from Norwich City and other Championship teams at the end of the season.

The report suggested that Cuesta is rated as one of the world’s best young coaches, and he could be tempted by the chance to take his first managerial role.

But even then, the suggestion was that Arsenal were determined to resist any summer approaches for the coach. It seems Norwich are now looking elsewhere.

LONDON, ENGLAND: First team coach Carlos Cuesta talks with Martin Odegaard of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester City at Emirates Stadium on January 01, 2022. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Cuesta isn’t Arteta’s only assistant, with the Arsenal manager working alongside a team of staff in the dugout.

Albert Stuivenberg and Miguel Molina both act as assistants to Arteta as well, with Nicolas Jover working on set-pieces, and Inaki Cana and Terry Mason as goalkeeping coaches. It looks like the team are sticking together for now.