Arsenal Appoints Mikel Arteta As First Team Manager Following FA Cup, Community Shield Triumphs

Arsenal has appointed Mikel Arteta as the First Team manager following successes in FA Cup and Community Shield to put the Gunners back in the spotlight of English Football.

The announcement was made official on the club's website on Monday evening after he was promoted by the Arsenal following his successful runs.

Mikel Arteta's job title has changed from head coach to first-team manager.

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So when asked, "why has this change taken place - and what does it mean?"

"Mikel's been here since the end of December and the last nine months have probably been the most challenging nine months in Arsenal's history - and we've been around for 134 years. Despite all of those challenges, Mikel has been driving this football club forward," chief executive Vinai Venkatesham told Arsenal Digital.
 
"He has lifted the spirits and lifted the energy here at London Colney and with Arsenal fans all across the world. He is doing an absolutely phenomenal job.
 
"The other thing that's clear is that right from the day he walked through the door, he was doing much more than being our head coach. So we're going to be changing his job title going forward. He'll move from head coach to be the first-team manager. That's recognition of what he's been doing from the day he walked in the door, but also where we see his capabilities.
 
"He is doing a great job of coaching the first team and that's his primary responsibility, but there is so much more that he can bring and that's why we're making this change, in recognition of his capabilities and also the job that he's doing already.

Also on the relationship between Mikel Arteta and technical director Edu Gaspar moving forward?

So how will the relationship between technical director Edu Gaspar and manager Mikel Arteta work moving forward?

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