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Revolution: The new sports biography revealing the incredible true story of Mikel Arteta’s success at Arsenal football club
352 pages, Paperback
Published October 15, 2024
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Charles Watts
26 books2 followersCharles Watts was a prominent freethinker. His son Charles Albert Watts founded of the Rationalist Press Association.
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January 12, 2025
A solid account of Arteta’s time at Arsenal since 2019 which charts the progress of the team up to season 24/25.
It’s astonishing the level of focus and determination Arteta has demonstrated. For a man in the nascent stages of his managerial career to take so many risks politically at a club with such a high profile is remarkable - and so far it has paid off.
As an avid Gooner I must say that Charles Watts does a great job of reminding us all how sour the mood had turned at the Emirates before Arteta’s arrival. The dissatisfaction was palpable. I remember the latter days of Wenger and the short reign of Emery afterward as being incredibly frustrating as it felt the club was slowly ebbing away into an acceptance of mediocrity.
The book details the rise of The Arsenal back to contesting major honours domestically and in Europe.
Slight health warning: there’s thin detail on how exactly Arteta has achieved such a ‘revolution’. Despite a solid chronological tracking of the progress, the author fails to really shed any light on the inner workings of Arteta’s Arsenal revolution and just how he has managed the club back to the top. More insight into his methodology, his approach and the combination of key figures like Edu, Vinai, Garlick etc. would’ve been super interesting… I guess those guys will all detail their experience in time so until then, this will do til the detail gets here.
It’s astonishing the level of focus and determination Arteta has demonstrated. For a man in the nascent stages of his managerial career to take so many risks politically at a club with such a high profile is remarkable - and so far it has paid off.
As an avid Gooner I must say that Charles Watts does a great job of reminding us all how sour the mood had turned at the Emirates before Arteta’s arrival. The dissatisfaction was palpable. I remember the latter days of Wenger and the short reign of Emery afterward as being incredibly frustrating as it felt the club was slowly ebbing away into an acceptance of mediocrity.
The book details the rise of The Arsenal back to contesting major honours domestically and in Europe.
Slight health warning: there’s thin detail on how exactly Arteta has achieved such a ‘revolution’. Despite a solid chronological tracking of the progress, the author fails to really shed any light on the inner workings of Arteta’s Arsenal revolution and just how he has managed the club back to the top. More insight into his methodology, his approach and the combination of key figures like Edu, Vinai, Garlick etc. would’ve been super interesting… I guess those guys will all detail their experience in time so until then, this will do til the detail gets here.
January 5, 2025
Whilst I enjoyed reading it (quickest I’ve ever finished a book in fact), it was more because it was fun to re-live the last few years and get a dose of nostalgia than anything else. There weren’t really any major insights or revelations about Arteta or indeed about the events that have transpired since his appointment.
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