Mikel Arteta was a ‘genuine candidate’ to replace Pep Guardiola at Man City

Liam GracePublished Oct 12, 2024, 9:05pm|Updated Oct 12, 2024, 9:06pm

Manchester City person been looking astatine Pep Guardiola replacements for years, with Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta antecedently a ‘genuine contender’ for the role.

That’s according to The Athletic, who study that City utilized to presumption Arteta arsenic a imaginable option, adjacent erstwhile helium was ‘struggling slightly’ arsenic Arsenal’s manager.

Since then, Arteta has transformed Arsenal into genuine Premier League rubric challengers, though they’ve narrowly missed retired to City for the past 2 seasons.

There is nary presently nary denotation that Arteta would swap Arsenal to instrumentality complaint of City and the Spaniard is thought to beryllium blessed successful his existent relation astatine the Emirates.

Arteta was moving arsenic Guardiola’s adjunct erstwhile the Gunners decided to instrumentality a punt connected him successful 2019, brining him successful arsenic their caput manager to regenerate Unai Emery.

The 42-year-old helped Arsenal clinch the FA Cup successful 2020 – but they initially struggled successful the Premier League nether Arteta – finishing eighth successful 2021.

After a fifth-placed decorativeness the adjacent season, Arsenal improved and challenged City for the top-flight rubric successful 2022-23, yet ending the run arsenic runners-up.

Arsenal finished 2nd again past word – pushing City adjacent closer – and they are hoping their agelong hold to beryllium crowned English champions volition extremity successful May 2025.

Guardiola, meanwhile, is retired of declaration astatine the extremity of the season, which has led to tons of speculation implicit who whitethorn travel successful to regenerate him astatine the Etihad.

However, it should beryllium noted that Guardiola is yet to bespeak whether helium intends to widen his woody with City oregon leave.

Along with Arteta, Patrick Vieira was besides antecedently seen arsenic a managerial enactment for City erstwhile helium was preforming good arsenic caput manager of Crystal Palace.

Arteta and Vieira are nary longer successful the moving but determination a fig of different managers who City are actively considering.

Sporting Lisbon’s Ruben Amorim, Bayer Leverkusen’s Xabi Alonso, Tottenham’s Ange Postecoglou and erstwhile Brighton brag Roberto De Zerbi person each been linked to the role.

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