{"id":833191,"date":"2025-03-11T10:12:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/i-dont-see-that-2013-afcon-champion-questions-artetas-ability-to-lead-arsenal-to-glory\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T10:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:12:23","slug":"i-dont-see-that-2013-afcon-champion-questions-artetas-ability-to-lead-arsenal-to-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/i-dont-see-that-2013-afcon-champion-questions-artetas-ability-to-lead-arsenal-to-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI don\u2019t see that\u201d \u2013 2013 AFCON Champion questions Arteta\u2019s ability to lead Arsenal to glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>2013 AFCON-winning midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has questioned the mentality of Arsenal\u2019s coach, Mikel Arteta, admitting the Spaniard doesn\u2019t have what it takes to win the English Premier League, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/arsenal-osimhen-transfer.html\">Gunners<\/a> have been second-best in the English Premier League for the past three seasons under Arteta, this campaign included, although they\u2019re miles off Arne Slot\u2019s Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>While that is a brilliant feat for Mikel Arteta\u2019s side, it is widely believed that the absence of a prolific striker is the reason their 19th league title has continued to elude them, but they still haven\u2019t made a move to sign one.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153096\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imago1059732687-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153096\">Declan Rice celebrates after scoring a goal 1-1 during the Premier League 2024\/25 match between Manchester United, ManU and Arsenal at Old Trafford. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/utLp7WNM8us?si=gGJo0q7Ukz_9YpCi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/nigeria-ogbuehi-barcelona-osho-chelle.html\">John Obi Mikel<\/a>, who won two Premier League titles with Chelsea, heaped praise on Arteta for how he\u2019s turned Arsenal into title contenders but also made it clear he doesn\u2019t believe the Spaniard has what it takes to win the league.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHas he done well for Arsenal? Yes. Has he improved Arsenal? Yes. There\u2019s no doubt about it. Mikel Arteta has improved Arsenal from where they were before he took over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s massively improved the squad, the team, the way they play, and the way the fans want to see an Arsenal team play. He\u2019s massively improved the team,\u201d Mikel said on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/utLp7WNM8us?si=gGJo0q7Ukz_9YpCi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obi One Podcast<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153116\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imago1043851586-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153116\">Press conference FC Bayern Munich FC Arsenal In the picture Coach of FC Arsenal Mikel ARTETA Munich Allianz Arena. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNow, is he the guy to take Arsenal to the next level, which is winning the Premier League, the Champions League? I don\u2019t see that, because it\u2019s not about competing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople talk about competing. Yes, Arsenal need to compete to win. No, Arsenal should be talking about winning the league, not competing to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen was the last time Arsenal won it? The Invincibles in 2004? What is it now, 20 years? 21? 22? Arsenal fans keep talking about competing. No. They\u2019ve got to win it. Win it,\u201d the 2016 Olympic bronze medallist concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153117\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imago1059527742-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153117\">Arsenal trainer Mikel Arteta during the press conference after the match with PSV Arsenal at the Philips stadium for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Liverpool are currently top of the English Premier League table, with 70 points from 29 games while Arsenal are way off in 2nd with 55 points from 28 games.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/740e257566cac1cbb2887e0f85afd655?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/arsenal-arteta-afcon-mikel.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer 2013 AFCON-winning midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has questioned the mentality of Arsenal\u2019s coach, Mikel Arteta, admitting the Spaniard doesn\u2019t have what it takes to win the English Premier League, Soccernet.ng reports. The Gunners have been second-best in the English Premier League for the past three seasons under Arteta, this campaign included, although they\u2019re miles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":833192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35446,640,2005],"tags":[6172,5155],"class_list":["post-833191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-that","category-dont","category-soccer","tag-dont","tag-that"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}