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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is starting early in his quest to win next season’s Premier League title.
The Gunners boss has taken nine players not involved in either Euro 2024 or the Copa América out to Marbella on the south coast of Spain for a summer training camp ahead of the club’s preseason tour to the United States.
Arsenal will play Manchester United at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on July 27 before travelling to Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field to face Liverpool on July 31 (stream both games LIVE on ESPN+.)
Arteta talked to ESPN while promoting ticket sales for those matches to reflect on last season’s title race with Manchester City. Arsenal amassed 89 points and had the best defensive record in the division while also breaking a series of club records — 28 Premier League wins, 91 goals, their highest-ever goal difference (+62) — but still fell short as Pep Guardiola’s side lifted the trophy for a fourth year in succession.
Once a protégé of Guardiola, the 42-year-old Arteta discussed his thinking behind the U.S. trip, the latest on his contract situation, as well as transfers, summer training plans, Jürgen Klopp and the Euros.
How has the last month been for you? You are always thinking, always planning, but have you been able to switch off?
Arteta: Yes, I did. We had some wonderful time with family, with friends. I’ve been away from football and London but at the same time obviously there is a lot of planning to do, a lot of reflection and analysis to do to understand what we did really well in the season, where are the areas we can improve and develop and we are right on it. We are really excited and looking forward to a new season.
Why Marbella? Is it a sort of mini-preseason before proper preseason?
Arteta: It is a long break for some of the players that haven’t had international football, and nowadays we need top-level athletes at the level that we are competing and the schedule that we have. So we believe it was the…
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