Сэм Диний шинэ номонд дурдсанаар, 2019 оны зун Ньюкасл Юнайтедын тухайн үеийн эзэн Майк Эшли Микел Артетаг дасгалжуулагчаар томилохын тулд бүх хүчээ дайчилж байв.
Тэр үед Манчестер Ситид Пеп Гвардиолагийн удирдлага дор дасгалжуулагчаар ажиллаж байсан Артетад Ньюкасл Юнайтед урт хугацааны гэрээ санал болгосон байна. Хэдийгээр тус багийн хөгжөөн дэмжигчдийн хүсэл тэмүүлэл болон багийн ирээдүйн боломжийг харгалзан үзэж, саналыг нухацтай авч хэлэлцсэн ч Артета эцсийн дүндээ татгалзжээ. Энэ шийдвэрт тухайн үеийн багийн эзэн Майк Эшлигийн нэр хүнд, багийн гол тоглогчид болох Айозе Перес, Саломон Рондон нарын явсан зэрэг хүчин зүйлс нөлөөлсөн гэж үзэж байна.
Артета Ньюкасл Юнайтедын саналыг хүлээн авахаас татгалзсанаас хэдхэн сарын дараа буюу 2019 оны арванхоёрдугаар сард Унаи Эмериг орлон Арсеналын дасгалжуулагчаар томилогдсон юм. Тэрээр Арсеналд ирснээсээ хойш найман сарын дараа FA Cup-д түрүүлж, улмаар өнгөрсөн онд Премьер лигийн аварга цолыг хүртэж, Аваргуудын лигийн финалд шалгарсан амжилтыг үзүүлээд байна.
Артетаг татгалзсаны дараа Ньюкасл Юнайтед Стив Брюсийг томилсон бөгөөд тэрээр 2021 оны аравдугаар сард багийн эзэмшил солигдох хүртэл үүрэгт ажилдаа байжээ. Үүний дараа Эдди Хау багийг удирдан 2023 онд Аваргуудын лигт шалгаруулж, 2025 онд Carabao Cup-д түрүүлсэн амжилтыг үзүүлсэн байна. Өнгөрсөн зун Эдди Хау албан тушаалаасаа бууж, түүний оронд Маттиас Жайслле томилогдоод байна.
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Mikel Arteta came incredibly close to joining one of Arsenal’s Premier League rivals just months before taking the job as Gunners boss.
In an extract of Sam Dean’s new book Arsenal: The Inside Story of Arsenal’s Rebirth Under Mikel Arteta published in the Daily Telegraph, it is revealed that Newcastle United and their controversial then-owner Mike Ashley put the full-court press on Arteta in the summer of 2019.
Ashley made it clear that he was desperate to appoint Arteta, who was working as a coach at Manchester City under Pep Guardiola at the time, and was prepared to offer him “an extraordinarily long contract” that would far exceed the normal length of a deal for a first-time manager in the Premier League.
The Spaniard debated accepting the offer but ultimately declined and just a few months later, in December 2019, replaced Unai Emery as Arsenal manager to ensure a very different chapter of Premier League history would be written.
Dean says of his decision to turn down the Magpies: “Arteta was tempted. Newcastle are one of the great clubs in English football, with hugely passionate fans, and in many ways they represented the perfect starting point for a coach of Arteta’s age and experience.
“The previous season, Newcastle had finished 13th in the Premier League table, 11 points clear of the bottom three. On paper at least, there was room for improvement, without a need to be overly fearful of falling into a relegation battle.
“Why did Arteta, after giving it serious consideration, ultimately reject the opportunity? Only he can answer that question, but there were some challenging factors at play.”
Dean goes on to explain that the huge popularity of outgoing Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez, and the deep dislike that Magpies fans had for owner Ashley, gave Arteta cause for concern, while there were also issues with the squad – with Ayoze Perez and Salomon Rondon both departing St James’ Park, taking 23 of the 42 league goals that the club had scored the previous season with them.
The Basque also did not have his preferred coaching staff assembled, with the timing not right for many of the personnel he was keen to bring with him, so much to Ashley’s chagrin, he turned the job down.
Arteta won the FA Cup in 2020, less than eight months after being appointed at the Emirates Stadium, and although a fallow few years followed from a trophy perspective, he kept on building with the Gunners and finally won the Premier League title last year, as well as reaching the Champions League final.
Instead of Arteta, Ashley appointed Steve Bruce as Newcastle manager and he stayed into the role until Ashley finally sold the club in October 2021 to a consortium led by the Saudi Arabian government’s sovereign wealth fund, with Bruce sacked shortly after and Eddie Howe brought in instead.
Howe would lead the Magpies into the Champions League for the first time in 20 years in 2023 and then won their first major domestic trophy since 1955 by clinching the 2025 Carabao Cup, before stepping down this past summer to be replaced by Matthias Jaissle.
