Xhaka was COACHING Nwaneri! | Sunderland v Arsenal | Mikel Arteta EMBARGO

Football

Year2025

Duration6m

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Mikel Arteta reveals former Arsenal captain Granit Xhaka played a role in developing the career of youngster Ethan Nwaneri during his time with the club. Xhaka, now with Sunderland, comes up against his former club tomorrow. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:01 With Mikel, he’s going to get a lot of stick tomorrow because of his links with Newcastle. Is that something that you’d ever talk to a player about and do you think he’ll be looking to prove a point? 0:27 When you were a player, was there a specific game where you got a lot of stick? 0:58 Mikel, you know you were talking earlier about the AI. What would you like from it? 1:17 Would you want it to model injuries? Model games? Model tactics? 1:46 When Granit started his coaching, can you remember when he started his coaching? He was coaching some of the players who are now part of the first team. 2:23 What kind of coach do you think Granit would be? 2:31 Would you like someone like that on your coaching staff in the future, if he wanted to come back? 2:44 Carlos Cuesta has now gone to Parma and Jack Wilshere, to a lesser extent, but Jack Wilshere was here seeing how you were. You’ve kind of got these coaching children spreading across... 3:18 That’s one of the things that sort of determines a managerial legacy sometimes. Not just trophies, but also people look at, oh, he worked with him, he worked with him, he worked with him. Would you quite like, in 20 years’ time, to sit back and see all your former players and coaches, managers, and following your footsteps? 3:53 David Raya - there’s a bit of a joke going around at the moment that he doesn’t need to even turn up for work because he’s not facing any shots, 12 shots in eight games. 4:35 Have you sensed a change in his character over the last couple of years since he’s been here? 5:03 AI? As a manager, how do you sift out what is so important and what is wrong? 5:58 So you’re not going to be replaced by a bot anytime soon as a manager? @HaytersTV – Football Up Close. Visit our