Mikel Arteta: 'Evolution' of a coach and 'gift' called Young Talent
“Every Artist has their critics”. It is the title of a striking art work hanging on the sky in the sky of London, depicting the image of Mikel Arteta pensive drawing ideas as a flow of consciousness with black paint.
The image of Arteta as an “artist” is an interesting perspective of a coach that has built his team based on the core values: control, working spirit, cohesion and speciality in fixed situations.
As for the other – the “critics” – Arteta was too familiar with that. In fact, he is also his most stringent critic. For any coach, there is an attractive paradox: To lead a team of high -class players in huge pressure, you must be consistent, sure to yourself, but at the same time must be open enough to question yourself, adjust the principle and absorb new things. Football changes, the coach must also change.
And that is the point we see in this 2025 Arteta.
He was about to enter the 7th season as the Arsenal head coach and just chatted with The Athletic after being announced as the new global ambassador of Under Armour sports company. Like his football philosophy, the culture that Arteta wants to build and his methods to promote his limit is not fixed. They are always in a state of development, and with Arteta's thinking, which will last until the last day he works.
“There is still a lot ahead,” he said. “Because the coach that the players needed 3 years ago was different from the people they needed now.
