{"id":299285,"date":"2023-12-07T07:39:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T07:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=299285"},"modified":"2023-12-07T07:39:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T07:39:09","slug":"mourinhos-arsenal-comments-ring-true-after-ex-spurs-boss-shared-arteta-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mourinhos-arsenal-comments-ring-true-after-ex-spurs-boss-shared-arteta-wish\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourinho’s Arsenal comments ring true after ex-Spurs boss shared Arteta wish"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jose Mourinho’s flattering comments about Mikel Arteta from three years ago ring true today. The former Tottenham boss described Arteta as a “good coach” and urged the Arsenal board to stick with the Spaniard following a difficult start to life at the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n

In his first full season in charge, Arteta steered the Gunners to an eighth-place finish in the Premier League, their joint-lowest final position in England’s top flight since 1995. There were calls of “Arteta Out” heading into 2021 with the north Londoners languishing in 15th place following a 2-0 loss to fierce rivals Tottenham.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yet Mourinho saw Arteta’s promise and believed that there were smoother waters ahead for the north Londoners under the young manager. Speaking after the game, Mourinho said:\u00a0“I want to give good words to Mikel because he gave us a very difficult game, tactically they are very good, they were very well organised, they were building with four, defending with five and then in the second half they were trying to find the triangles on the side.<\/p>\n

“They gave us problems, problems that we managed to resolve because our players have good tactical culture and even above that they have an incredible spirit. But they gave us problems because they are a good team and he is a good coach.”<\/p>\n

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“Mikel Arteta is doing a fantastic job. Massive trust to youth, massive man-management,” he added. “I hope he gets time, I’m saying to Arsenal fans, with him Arsenal will be Arsenal again.”<\/p>\n

Mourinho’s comments proved to be on the money. In the 2021\/2022 season, Arsenal jumped three places in the table to fifth, narrowly missing out on Champions League football by two points to Spurs.\u00a0Then came the breakthrough campaign for Arteta.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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