Arsenal managers Mikel Arteta and Jonas Eidevall sign contract extensions

The Arsenal men’s manager, Mikel Arteta, and his women’s team counterpart, Jonas Eidevall, have signed new contracts. The Spaniard’s deal runs to 2025 and Eidevall’s until 2024.

Arteta, who described himself as “excited, grateful and really, really happy”, said: “We want to take the club to the next level and to compete really with the top teams. In order to do that, we have to be playing in the Champions League. We have to be able to evolve the team, improve our players, improve all departments, generate even more connection with our fans, improve the atmosphere at the Emirates, be able to recruit top, top talent and the best people for this club to drive this project to that level.”

Eidevall, who is in his first season at the club and goes into the final day of the Women’s Super League season with a chance of winning the title, said: “It’s great. It allows me to continue to work for a club that I love so much and be around people that I really, really like, and to be able to achieve things together, so I’m really looking forward to that.”

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