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Mikel Arteta has been promoted from head coach to Arsenal manager.
It was announced Thursday night that the Spaniard would now be first team manager rather than head coach, while Vinai Venkatesham will take over as chief executive officer after previously serving as managing director.
Appointed in December to replace Unai Emery, Arteta also took on the title of head coach, the role Arsenal introduced after Arsene Wenger’s 22-year near-autonomous stint as coach came to an end in 2018.
“The last nine months have been probably the most challenging nine months in Arsenal’s history, and we’ve been around for 134 years. Despite all those challenges, Mikel has been pushing this football club forward,” Venkatesham told Arsenal Digital.
“He has raised spirits and energy here at London Colney and with Arsenal fans around the world. He is doing an absolutely phenomenal job.
“The other thing that’s clear is that from the day he walked in the door, he was doing a lot more than being our head coach. So we’re going to change his job title in the future. Being the first team manager.
“That’s an acknowledgment of what he’s been doing since the day he walked through the door, but also where we see his capabilities.”
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