"I'm really excited about what we can do together." "Both sides have shown a real commitment of what we want to do together on this beautiful journey. "We wanted to bring clarity to the club and they were so decisive in doing it now. "I'm very happy here and there is still a job to do," he said. He has been in charge since December 2019 and is in pole position to lead Arsenal back into the Champions League after a five-year hiatus.
"The club offered me the contract when we had lost three matches," he said. "Words and facts are very different things in football - they talked with me for many months and then they put it in a piece of paper after that."Īrteta revealed he had been given the deal after disappointing defeats by Crystal Palace, Southampton and Brighton. "The people owning and leading this club are serious and committed so I'd better push forward. "The belief they have in myself and my coaching staff and in what we are doing - I got emotional when I saw it," he said. Mikel Arteta admits the commitment of the club made him "emotional" after signing a new contract that will keep him in charge at Emirates Stadium until 2025. We will probably still beat them, but I don't think we will keep a clean sheet.įind out how Lawro and Bobbie think the rest of the weekend's Premier League fixtures will go They will attack us, which will leave us some space. I don't know why Manchester City had to beat Leeds so badly last week - it's just a headache because when that happens you always think they will try to prove something in their next game. They certainly haven't been short of effort since Jesse Marsch took over, but Arsenal showed against West Ham last week that they can scrap for the points when they have to. Leeds have also got plenty to play for, because they have been dragged right into the relegation scrap. The derby doesn't matter yet - for now, this game against Leeds is their biggest game of the season. Whatever Spurs do, though, Arsenal have just got to look after themselves from here on in. By the time they play, Arsenal will know how Tottenham got on at Anfield the previous day and whether a win would send them five points clear of Spurs before the north London derby on Thursday.