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GREAT TRANSFER TO THE BENCH

Laporta Decides who will be his trainer if Koeman goes of the Barça

Published:1/03/2021 - 07:12h

Updated:1/03/2021 - 11:27h

As it informed RAC1, Joan Laporta, ex president of the FC Barcelona, has in mind to the current trainer of the Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, as possible relief of Ronald Koeman

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To so alone one week for the celebration of the presidential elections in the FC Barcelona, RAC1 has revealed the name of the technician in which it thinks Joan Laporta like relief in the bench comandado by Ronald Koeman, if this does not continue in the charge. According to the mentioned information, Mikel Arteta is the pretended by the ex president in case it presents the need to hire the services of a strategist during next summer.

Laporta, that recently ensured that now the club needs a trainer with experience, like argument for descartar the possible inclusion of Xavi Hernández, is very attentive to the evolutions that has presented Mikel Arteta in the Arsenal. The ex player, that was formed in the quarry of the Barcelona institution, initiated his career like technician exerting like the first assistant of Pep Guardiola in the Manchester City.

It was in December of 2019 when Mikel Arteta was appointed like new trainer of the Arsenal, team in which it played and of the that represented like captain. It signed then by three seasons and half, by what has agreement until June of 2023. Therefore, it will be necessary the cancellation of an important sum of money to do with his services of strategist, although undoubtedly it would be a 'fichajazo'.

Arteta In the Arsenal

Although Arteta has showed his dowries like technician, learnt under the lap of Guardiola during his go through the bench of the Manchester City, the Arsenal has not found solid in the Premier League from does several seasons. At present, they occupy the tenth box of position in the competition with 37 points, only two underneath of the Aston Villa and of the Tottenham of José Mourinho (39), and him aventaja two units to the Leeds United of the technician Marcelo Bielsa.

However, it is important to highlight that the work exerted by Arteta during this season has stood out for going of less tomore . Although the team do not situate in a favourable position with regard to his pretences, the Arsenal of to little has gone escalando positions, improving his level and imposing in front of which now comandan the table of classification. An example of this is the victory that conquered in front of the Leicester City (third with 49 points) this Sunday (1-3).