Mikel Arteta has won the English Premier League Manager of the Year award after leading Arsenal to a historic league title that had eluded the club for 22 years, the Premier League announced today.
The 44-year-old Spanish manager has been at the helm of Arsenal since the 2019/20 season, following a stint as Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City, and has now secured his first Premier League trophy—a title the Gunners had not captured since the legendary 2003/04 “Invincibles” campaign under French manager Arsène Wenger.
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The Basque tactician makes history as the first manager to win this prestigious award at a club where he also played during his professional career, and he could still add to his historic silverware tally this season when Arsenal faces reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League final this Saturday in Budapest.
Arteta topped a competitive six-man shortlist for the managerial honor, beating out candidates Keith Andrews (Brentford), Michael Carrick (Manchester United, who replaced Portuguese manager Rúben Amorim), Andoni Iraola (Bournemouth), Régis Le Bris (Sunderland), and Pep Guardiola, who is set to depart Manchester City at the end of the season after a transformative 10-year tenure.
