Arsenal's Arteta claims Premier League to step from Guardiola's shadow

Mikel Arteta, appointed Arsenal manager in 2019, overcame doubts and led the club back to the top of English football. Arsenal had taken a gamble by hiring their former captain without prior managerial experience, but Arteta benefited from a strong apprenticeship under Pep Guardiola at Manchester City. Arteta’s coaching influences also came from David Moyes, where he learned about building a team and selecting the right characters. Arsenal’s style under Arteta emphasized defensive foundations and attacking momentum through set-pieces. The approach aligned more closely with Moyes’s playbook than Guardiola’s philosophy, helping Arsenal secure the title and validate the project.

"Arsenal gambled on their former club captain six-and-a-half years ago even though he had no previous managerial experience. But Arteta was blessed with arguably the best apprenticeship, working alongside his long-time mentor turned title rival Pep Guardiola. When Guardiola arrived at Manchester City a decade ago, he sought out Arteta's experience of the English game and someone he knew from their playing days together at Barcelona."

"“As a player and as a coach, he's been an inspiration for me, and he's the person who decided to bet on me, to include me as a second coach,” Arteta said of Guardiola last year. “I'll always be grateful to him, otherwise I wouldn't be here.” Yet in stark contrast to many other modern coaches, Arteta has not followed the Guardiola approach in building a side that has pipped his former boss to the title."

"Arteta never quite made the grade at Barcelona but the influences on his playing career have moulded his outlook as a manager. After brief spells at Paris Saint-Germain and Rangers, Arteta finally found a home at Everton under David Moyes. “I learned from him on the field and off the field about building a team and getting the right characters in the team to build what you want,” Arteta said of Moyes."

"An Arsenal side built on solid defensive foundations, and propelled towards the title from their strength at set-pieces, bears more similarity to the Moyes playbook than Guardiola's philosophy. In his first meeting with the Arsenal hierarchy, Arteta reportedly presented a five-phase plan to drag the club back int"

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