Arsenal: after Jürgen Klopp and Xavi, Mikel Arteta also wants to throw in the towel!

The coaches’ waltz promises to be XXL. If Jürgen Klopp has just announced his departure from Liverpool at the end of the season, the German technician was quickly imitated by Xavi, today on the bench of FC Barcelona. After the heavy setback (3-5) conceded by the Culers against Villarreal, the former Barcelona midfielder has, in fact, admitted that he would not extend the Barcelona adventure after the end of this 2023-2024 financial year. So, never two without three? Indeed, this Sunday evening, Sport There is also a bombshell by indicating that Mikel Arteta, Arsenal coach, also wants to throw in the towel!

According to the Spanish daily, the current coach of the Gunners would have warned those around him that he was considering ending his stay at Arsenal. Currently under contract until June 2025, the 41-year-old coach would today feel the weight of the years spent in London and the various tensions experienced during these last seasons. The media adds, in this regard, that the good relations he maintains with the owners of the London club would allow him to accept a possible consensual departure at the end of the season. Be wary, however, because this information is not official and cannot be compared to the public outings of Klopp and Xavi.

Arteta towards Barça?

If the end of the Gunners’ season should, as such, condition Arteta’s final choice, a new major start on a European bench is therefore to be expected. News that does not fail to provoke a reaction, especially after Xavi’s recent speech, announcing his departure from Barça. However, according to Sport, this timing is just a simple coincidence since to date, no one within the Barcelona team has contacted the coach or his agents. However, and this will not escape anyone, Joan Laporta has always held Arteta in high esteem and has also declared on several occasions that he had an ideal profile to one day find himself on the bench of the first team of the Barca…

While waiting to see if the former PSG, Real Sociedad and therefore Arsenal player will arrive in Catalonia in the coming months, the latter seems in any case to be turning towards a time of rest or a new challenge . As a reminder, since his arrival on the Gunners bench, the native of San Sebastián can boast three major titles with a final victory in the FA Cup (2019-20) and two Community Shields (2020 and 2023). Third in the Premier League after 21 days, Arsenal is also still in the race for a new national title.