Mikel Arteta signs new Arsenal deal until 2025

Cameron Smith

• Updated: 6 May 2022 10:15 BST
• 3 min read

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Arsenal have confirmed that Mikel Arteta has signed a new contract keeping him in charge of the club until the end of the 2024/25 season.

His previous deal at the Emirates was due to expire in 2023, a contract he signed when he joined in December 2019 after a period as Pep Guardiola's assistant at Manchester City. However, he has now signed a two-year extension to keep him at the club until 2025.

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The club announced the news on the morning of Friday 6 May and the Spaniard has revealed his desire to take Arsenal back to the top of English football and ensure the club are able to compete with the best teams in Europe.

Arteta has guided Arsenal back into the top four in the Premier League with four games remaining this season despite the club sitting rock bottom of the table after three games.

A resurgence over Christmas has seen them fly up the table and they are on course to secure Champions League football for the first time since the 2015/16 campaign.

The announcement of Arteta's extended deal comes alongside news that Arsenal's Women's head coach Jonas Eidevall has also signed a new contract.

What has Arteta said?

In an official club statement, Arteta revealed his delight at the new deal and the faith shown in him by the Arsenal board. "I’m excited, grateful and really, really happy today," he said. "When I spoke to Josh [Kroenke] he could see the club at the same point and he wanted to take the club the way I wanted to do it.

"So everything that he’s said, and that Stan [Kroenke] has said when I’ve been together with both of them, they’ve always delivered.

“We want to take the club to the next level and to compete really with the top teams. In order to do that, we have to be playing in the Champions League.

"We have to be able to evolve the team, improve our players, improve all departments, generate even more connection with our fans, improve the atmosphere at the Emirates, be able to recruit top, top talent and the best people for this club to drive this project to that level.”