Mikel Arteta Rumors & News

At the final whistle, Arsene Wenger turned towards his bench with both fists in the air and instinctively hugged the nearest man in an Arsenal jersey, which happened to be Mikel Arteta. This was what fourth place meant to Arsenal so forgive them if it got a little emotional.

Arsenal pulled out a great 4-1 win over Wigan Athletic today, and everything seemed to be setting up well for Sunday's season closer at St. James Park in Newcastle, until Arsene Wenger dropped kind of a bombshell in his post-match press conference: Wenger: "Arteta pulled his calf. He is a massive doubt for Sunday." #AFCvWAFC — Arsenal.com (@Arsenal) May 14, 2013 This is obviously a massive blow for Arsenal if it comes to pass. Mikel Arteta has been a stalwart conductor for Arsenal from the deeper parts of the midfield for two years now, and if he can't go, it means that most li...

In this rather dispiriting season, it seems as if almost every single Arsenal player has taken some sort of harsh and unfair criticism. Olivier Giroud has been labeled a "donkey", Lukas Podolski has been accused of being lazy, Aaron Ramsey has had his share of idiotic criticisms, as has Theo Walcott, Gervinho, Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker and Thomas Vermaelen. Perhaps the most unfair criticism has been that leveled at Mikel Arteta, who, in the absence of Arsenal spending money on a defensive midfielder to replace Alex Song, has been the primary de...

Arsenal don't play a match until two Saturdays from now. In the meantime, everyone is free to watch some international football, if that's like, one's thing, man. We'll get open threads up for all of that action in due time, but I thought I'd speculate a bit (the name of the game for any self-respecting football fan, correct?) about what might be happening in the less-full, but still storied, halls of London Colney over the next eight or nine days: -- Mikel Arteta and Abou Diaby are going to team up to try to beat the Halo 4 campaign on legendary difficulty. Word is that Mikel misses t...

Arsenal vice-captain hopes Lukasz Fabianksi will now be given his chance as first choice keeper after excelling against Bayern.

Mikel Arteta has warned Arsenal not be fooled by their win against Bayern Munich but to build on the encouraging signs and secure an instant return to the Champions League.

Mikel Arteta says he hopes Lukasz Fabianksi will be given his chance as first choice goalkeeper.

Mikel Arteta challenges his Arsenal team-mates to recapture spirit shown in beating Bayern Munich in their quest for a top-four Premier League finish.