Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta announces new coaching staff
Mikel Arteta has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract by taking the reins from Ljungberg, who served as caretaker manager since Unai Emery was fired.
Mikel Arteta has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract by taking the reins from Ljungberg, who served as caretaker manager since Unai Emery was fired.
Ljungberg also stated that they can only taste success after they sort out the “difficult” phase that the club is going through at the moment.
Arteta, who played for Arsenal from 2011-2016, has spent the last three years as an assistant to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.
Although the Gunners have sacked Unai Emery, their decision does not seem to be having any effect on their performance.
Nicolas Pepe gave the visitors the lead and in the 69th minute, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang killed the game by doubling the lead.
The Thursday night encounter against Brighton saw the home team trailing by a goal in the first half at the Emirates Stadium, courtesy Adam Webster.
Freddie Ljungberg, who has played under Wenger and was a member of the 2003-04 title-winning campaign of Arsenal, said he was keen to take Wenger's advice.
Unai Emery was sacked as Arsenal manager after seven games without a win in all competitions that had seen the Gunners fall well off the pace in the race for a top-four finish. The tally has now extended to eight.
The 48-year-old Spaniard was fired following the 2-1 home defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in Thursday's Europa League match, which extended their winless run to seven games.
