‘Serial winner’ installed as new favourite to replace Mikel Arteta as next Arsenal manager
Mikel Arteta and Arsenal will again finish the season without a trophy (Credits: Adam Davy/PA Wire) Mikel Arteta’s position as Arsenal manager is under fresh scrutiny following last night’s Champions League demise. The Gunners fought admirably in an effort to overturn a 1-0 first leg deficit, but again ran into an inspired goalkeeper and a Paris Saint-Germain side who increasingly look destined to secure Europe’s top prize for the first time. A landmark quarter-final win over Real Madrid will, in the cold light of day, count for very little and for all the progress the Gunners have made under their young manager, they will finish the season trophyless again. While Arteta has been responsible for masterminding Arsenal’s return from the doldrums to the top table of European football, five years without adding major silverware represents a major blot on his copybook. Having signed a new contract last September and Champions League football all but assured, it is extremely unlikely that a parting of the ways would occur before next summer at the earliest. Get personalised updates on Arsenal everyday Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro’s Football Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link we’ll send you so we can get football news tailored to you. New sporting director Andrea Berta already has enough to contend with ahead of the first transfer window of his tenure, without needing to add to his plate by conducting a search for a new head coach. That said, Arsenal and Arteta cannot afford many more near misses and a new favourite to succeed him has emerged, with Inter’s Simone Inzaghi now heading the betting. New favourite in next Arsenal manager race Simone Inzaghi has masterminded Inter’s route to the Champions League final (Photo by Jonathan Moscrop/Getty Images) The Inter boss, whose side are still celebrating Tuesday’s astonishing win over Barcelona, is the 5/1 favourite with BetVictor. Two more Italian managers, Max Allegri and Antonio Conte, are next in the betting while Diego Simeone, who worked with Berta at Ateltico Madrid, is a fanciful 10/1 shot. While Inzaghi is cut from a similar cloth to Arteta in terms of the style of football he employs, he is a proven winner who may yet add the Champions League to his CV before the end of the current season. What has Simone Inzaghi won? Indeed, regardless of next month’s final, Inter president Beppe Marotta believes Inter’s head coach is on the path to greatness. ‘Napoli are a clear candidate for the Scudetto,’ he said earlier this season assessing the Scudetto race. Simone Inzaghi Managerial Honours LAZIOCoppa Italia: 2018–19; runner-up: 2016–17Supercoppa Italiana: 2017, 2019 INTERSerie A: 2023–24Coppa Italia: 2021–22, 2022–23[Supercoppa Italiana: 2021, 2022, 2023UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2022–23 ‘I know Conte well,’ Marotta said. ‘And the club were champions of Italy two seasons ago. ‘They have what it takes to fight for it right to the end.This is thanks to Conte, a coach who’s a serial winner. But our coach Inzaghi is also headed on the same path.’
Mikel Arteta’s position as Arsenal manager is under fresh scrutiny following last night’s Champions League demise.
The Gunners fought admirably in an effort to overturn a 1-0 first leg deficit, but again ran into an inspired goalkeeper and a Paris Saint-Germain side who increasingly look destined to secure Europe’s top prize for the first time.
A landmark quarter-final win over Real Madrid will, in the cold light of day, count for very little and for all the progress the Gunners have made under their young manager, they will finish the season trophyless again.
While Arteta has been responsible for masterminding Arsenal’s return from the doldrums to the top table of European football, five years without adding major silverware represents a major blot on his copybook.
Having signed a new contract last September and Champions League football all but assured, it is extremely unlikely that a parting of the ways would occur before next summer at the earliest.
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New sporting director Andrea Berta already has enough to contend with ahead of the first transfer window of his tenure, without needing to add to his plate by conducting a search for a new head coach.
That said, Arsenal and Arteta cannot afford many more near misses and a new favourite to succeed him has emerged, with Inter’s Simone Inzaghi now heading the betting.
New favourite in next Arsenal manager race
The Inter boss, whose side are still celebrating Tuesday’s astonishing win over Barcelona, is the 5/1 favourite with BetVictor.
Two more Italian managers, Max Allegri and Antonio Conte, are next in the betting while Diego Simeone, who worked with Berta at Ateltico Madrid, is a fanciful 10/1 shot.
While Inzaghi is cut from a similar cloth to Arteta in terms of the style of football he employs, he is a proven winner who may yet add the Champions League to his CV before the end of the current season.
What has Simone Inzaghi won?
Indeed, regardless of next month’s final, Inter president Beppe Marotta believes Inter’s head coach is on the path to greatness.
‘Napoli are a clear candidate for the Scudetto,’ he said earlier this season assessing the Scudetto race.
Simone Inzaghi Managerial Honours
LAZIO
Coppa Italia: 2018–19; runner-up: 2016–17
Supercoppa Italiana: 2017, 2019
INTER
Serie A: 2023–24
Coppa Italia: 2021–22, 2022–23[
Supercoppa Italiana: 2021, 2022, 2023
UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2022–23
‘I know Conte well,’ Marotta said. ‘And the club were champions of Italy two seasons ago.
‘They have what it takes to fight for it right to the end.This is thanks to Conte, a coach who’s a serial winner. But our coach Inzaghi is also headed on the same path.’
