Mikel Arteta answers Jamie Carragher's Quickfire Questions 🚀

Relax, the hype is getting out of hand now. Arteta has been given unprecedented amounts of time and funding and the project is not 'ahead' of schedule at all. Arsenal will achieve top 4 this season.

@@mart4414 Arsenal 5 points clear, statistically they should go on to win the league, at this point they will get at least second, if not win it.
And, the team is young, we could see Arsenal go on to fight City for the next 4 - 5 years now. It's time really, Arsenal come up every 20 years or so and start dominating, like a cycle. Done it for nearly 100 years. 13 League Titles.

@@mart4414 being given doesn't guarantee anything.....Mikel deserves the credit he's getting especially considering it's his first managerial job

@@dennisgichohi5392 exactly. These people seem to forget that fact.

@@mart4414 so what about chelsea Man U and city who have definitely spent way more than arsenal, and have more expensive squads

Mourinho giving compliments are rare lol. He's not wrong though.

I remember that speech, I thought to myself, thinking either Mourinho was trying to humiliate us or he was going mad with that speech. But now I realize we as spectators do not have a clue about teams set up and tactics like they do COYG

@@aegonbreakspear9102 I mean arteta I think was at Barcelona when jose was there too as an assistant so he knows him very well

I didn't remember that but I do remember Pep's words right from the time Mikel was about join us as a head coach. Pep said Arteta would bring incredible success to Arsenal and he is always as good as his words.

@Alta hasn’t he won some trophies and turned the squad around to title contenders in 3 yrs now?… yes he’ll win trophies, but for now, no pressure

Ftp 1690 every day

Van Pierse said I believed Arteta is going to be a manager because he always talkabout tactics and something likee that.

@@lqs-tv6745 When Cazorla joined Arsenal he mistook Arteta for the captain before he became one. )))

Spot on mate. I’ve always said he’s already a success by doing that (as that was literally an objective for him). Obviously we want to win major titles but people keep forgetting that there are foundations and things that we’ve already achieved other than silverware

doesnt strike you as someone who will be here very long, right?

2 8th place finishes on the bounce and he's given Arsenal back to the fans? You lot have low standards these days, small club mentality

Totally agree. The foundation he built is extremely solid. I know for a fact if this guy was backed by the owners he can take this club to the next level. The team is 2-3 players away from winning the prem.

@@bobbyalexander8592 he has given Arsenal back to the fans, the fact you just look at 2 league positions during his 1st 2 seasons shows you don't have the intelligence to understand what he's done

Yes, in just a few years he has taken Arsenal close to where they were just 3 managers ago. If they can get back to a trophy and Champions League every year, they'll be back to Wenger results with only 550% of the relative squad investment being required. He was doing it with Chamakh up front 😄

@@uk145 He has been class, comparing him to Wenger is unfair

@@uk145 Entirely different era of football, to compare the two is mad.

@@Tom-lf9rl yeah arteta had three times the backing that Wenger got, totally unfair

@@Hans.Dewitt if you’re given money to buy and you don’t improve your squad, who’s to blame for that ?… Arteta knew what to do when Wenger was playing father to many players hence indirectly damaging the club. Take nothing away from the legend of Wenger, but Arteta’s way is the best way.. so they both are architects of their sorrows and joys

Especially for a guy who's first language isn't english

There so no so called inexperience. A manager's experience commences with his early childhood as a football fan till the moment he landed on the world of professional football.

@@lqs-tv6745 Yes, exactly. Pep was famously told he created a monster, and he answered - oh, no, Mikel was a monster already when he arrived.

@@sashbar
Now for those who are saying that Arteta was just Pep's cone man, I hope they watch this series.

@LQS-TV completely agree. Good point

@Alta Lmao dont get ahead of yourself. Klopp only has 1 prep title and 1 UCL. Pep and Fergy in a different league.

Marco Silva is a much better manager. Arteta has spent a fortune and done absolutely FA..

@@cutlerlon8468 you’re a casual

I have mixed feelings about this interview. Almost everyone is acting like Arteta is already a great manager. He isn't. I hope he will be. But it is nice to know more about him.

@@cutlerlon8468 you clearly really know nothing about football. Just stick to watching kid

Imagine if it’s Arteta x Neville. It’ll be so annoying with Gary. There’s a reason Sky pick Jamie ahead of him 😂

@@sallehstar1866 you’re not wrong but also Gary would’ve been in Qatar when this was recorded

Wait until the losses and draws come he'll be hailed a cone man again like he was 7 months ago... Arsenal fans have the memory of a chicken

@@joshuakithyoma9575 Chickens have great memories :)

@@Bear-ti8hn 😅😅

He's doing a great job but this is hyperbole. You could create a similar narrative around every player that becomes a manager.

Wenger influence also

Eddie Nketiah?? OMG--please prove me wrong!

Absolutely hit the nail on the head with your comment! Fully agree with everything you’ve said. When he joined I read a deep dive interview with him on his tactics and philosophies (i think by the athletic or something) i even subscribed to the publisher on trial to read it and the level of knowledge he has from other sectors, industries and on the art of management and leadership is astounding even referencing the software sectors I work in. Told all my friends and colleagues this guy will take the club back to the top - followed his career closely as half my family are evertonian the other are gunners (i got lucky being from that side!) but one thing we all agree on is what a legend this guy was at both clubs and a natural leader. I feel privileged we get to witness his energy and vision around the club we love and I haven’t been this excited since the invincible team was coming together!

Till he went to barca and learnt there are levels😂

@@prodigalfraudaddydead joke, best prem player of all time

@@prodigalfraudaddy he went after his prime.. if he was in his prime he would still stand out. even still his 08/09 season he was still very very good and important for barcas 6 titles they won that year

@@prodigalfraudaddy His 1st 2 seasons at Barca was actually good....Guardiola came & phased out Dinho, Eto, Thierry, Yaya, Deco etc to build the team around Messi.....Guardiola's selfishness!

@@prodigalfraudaddy yeah playing will Ronaldinho who is arguably one of the best players of all time also. Aswell as eto'o and Ibra

Steven G was good for yous no?

@@ulokanjo7890 In some respects yes but at a club like Rangers or Celtic 1 trophy out of a possible 9 isn't deemed all that successful tbh

@@user-gl3re7vc9c Gerrard completed his mission at rangers. The board refused to back him to take it to the next level, the board are a disgrace and have basically handed celtic the title back. Every transfer window since stevie left has been abysmal.

I see what you mean but had he done a good job arsenal would have poached him

I hope so but I fear one day Barca will come calling and he will answer

@@swingingmyjohnson1722 Of course he will. He won’t be at Arsenal forever, but hopefully the club keeps him for as long as possible.

The French league wasn't popular them. Very few people watched them then, that's why Ronaldinho didn't become popular until he moved to Barcelona, Okocha didn't become popular until he moved to Bolton wonderers.

Pochettino was there and ahead of arteta in that team. And again, Arteta was rarely used also. That's why I think

@@nellybrenko4422 I'm sure Poch was a full back?

@@Videpedia101 Yes, he was a central defender

Nah, not really. Only casual fans didn't know about it. I was aware of Ronaldinho's magnificent skills ever since he transferred to PSG and of Jay-Jay Okocha from the great Nigerian WC teams of the 90s, despite not consistently watching PSG (I was into Spanish teams, e.g. Valencia, then Barcelona). They, along with Arteta, were great players, but apart from Okocha, their global fame came only after moving out of Paris. Apart from one or two teams at the top, he French league is not popular now either, just like the Bundesliga - it's something about them that makes them more "local" than for example, Spanish, Italian and English teams, which are more widely known, even when it comes to middle placed clubs.
P.S. Another great player from that time and place was Juninho Pernambucano fom Lyon - his free kicks were absolutely insane.

I mean it's obvious since he is from Barca academy

@@latadhanuka9849 So what if its obvious? still a great point :)

You say slow COOK right but how long you think it takes Arteta to win big ears, AKA The CHAMPIONS LEAGUE lads OBV

Anyone can change a club when you give them unlimited money & unlimited power. Not hard.
Other problem is no big club is happy with back to back 8th place finishes.

@@bahriboy thats why all the past united managers failed?

@@bahriboy Unlimited money? At Arsenal?! 😂😂😂 I wish!

Arsenal fans are some of the most emotionally unstable split personality characters in the game. If Arteta loses 2 or 3 on the bounce, you'll all be screaming for his head 🤣 It's the Arsenal way.

@@cutlerlon8468 so basically like every other fanbase then? 🤣 literally every single fanbase does this

Not many, I guess. It's not just the owners good will, it's the ability of a young manager to convince them that he's the right man. And Arteta is unique in that respect. I think people still don't get it - the fact that Mikel is an elite manager, even though he hasn't got a chance or time to win anything big yet. The way he thinks, the way he communicates, the way he behaves, the way he positions himself - he's just head and shoulders above the rest of good young managers in EPL.

Even though Arteta didn't manage to get arsenal to 4th last season, they narrowly missed and went on a great run prior. It was a big improvement on the season before but they fell a little short. I think any reasonable board would have done the same given the generally good results throughout the season. The only exception really being at Chelsea

I would add David Moyes at Manchester United to these thread. They done him wrong that time and Roberto demateo at Chelsea. Won the UCL and couldn't even keep his place

As much as arsenal's latest owners are annoying arsenal no matter what seem to always have high class in certain situations and sticking by arteta threw the rough times seems to be proving exactly that they are getting all the benefits of allowing him to have full control of his ideas and visions of what and how he wants his first eleven to play it's working well I just hope they continue to stick by him and offer the money his young stars deserve

It's good to see a team with patience to give the manager time to make adjustments and get the right players with other teams sacking managers after just a season or even just a couple of months without giving them much chance.

Not all. I backed him from the start. Only had doubts once and that was Everton away last year.

i was always on the fence. realistically its the owners showing no ambition for years & years lowering the standards season by season. we have such a thin squad like always which needs to change this coming window. but i wouldnt be surprised if we get just one player.

I never had any doubt about him

As a City fan I didn't. I seen everyone else doing it though.

Btw, that Arsenal Robbie, black guy, AFTV, wanted him sacked. Just thought I'd say that.

He don’t know you bro

Agree! We get enough pundits tearing strips off each other and moaning about their former clubs. It's good to see a managed in an intimate setting answering questions that reveal things about the way they think, and where they hope to go. Carragher is a good fit for this. This was a good interview. Short, but full of content.

*Ten Hag

Poch and Arteta weren’t all that as players 😂

@@novelist5380
This was before psg were super rich it was still a pretty good team

And last season u wanted him out after the FIRST 3 games

2008 & 2016 were also good chances for Arsenal to win the league

Then mentored by pep and David moyes

@@iremakinde3853 Moyes getting a mention before Wenger is funny but i get your point haha. Great array of experiences to pull from

It's a lovely analogy lost on 97.2% of the people in these comments.

I'm British but I grew up a Giants Fan in Queens,NY so I totally get this.

Agree 100%, good example

@@Revelian1982 that I ruined ya mams starfish?

@@simonc9874 it’s so funny that loads of people will write that analogy off because of the mention of the NFL but it’s literally the perfect example of how much the game changes and how the best teams find ways to adapt to it

+1

And no mention of Wenger? Early 2000s to insult Wenger they called it tippy-tappy ball; it makes its way to Guardiola via Rijkaard and renamed tika-taka.

@@Ibnafrika Yeah Wenger also managed Arteta didn't he. All these players learning from the greats.

@@johnmitchell2269 I just like to see all the rungs on the ladder.

Also sagaloo as well 😮

Yeah I understand what he meant, especially when you listen to someone like Kieran Tierney speak.

What's he done

Chill lol I’m an Arsenal fan but let’s take it one step at a time. We’ve not won anything besides the FA cup and not finished top 4 yet. I love the guy but we need to slow down.

@@paulrogers2711 Got a team who hasn't won a league title in 22 years, competing with powerhouses like City and Liverpool, won an FA cup in his first few months as full time manager, and won multiple league titles and trophies as the number 2 along side one of the greatest managers ever.
If that's not enough, in such a short career so far, to say he definitely has the potential, then I don't know what does.

@@liammccolgan5706hes done nothing

​@@paulrogers2711 You here to tell us about how ''You'' selflessly ran in and saved a baby from a burning building in comparison?
Ey, Top of the league, dark horse, City top level management enquiring why tf the sale of their players to Arsenal stands in the table results now?
You done a comment on a KRplus video 👀