Carlos Cuesta's stance as Norwich prepare to steal Mikel Arteta's assistant from Arsenal | 8RG9V43 | 2024-02-17 16:08:01
Norwich are getting ready to raid Arsenal for Mikel Arteta's trusted assistant Carlos Cuesta – and the Spaniard is open to the thought of changing David Wagner in the summer.
Cuesta, formerly the manager of Atletico Madrid and Juventus' youth academies, adopted fellow countryman Arteta to Arsenal in 2020 and has built a popularity as one of the prime younger coaches on the planet.
The Mallorca-born coach has been extensively credited with serving to to rework the culture and environment contained in the Arsenal dressing room and Norwich's sporting director, Ben Knapper, is keen to lure the sought-after 28-year-old to Carrow Street.
Knapper was Arsenal's loans manager from 2019 to 2023 and was blown away by Arteta's No.2, who he feels is now prepared for his first senior position in administration regardless of his tender years, in accordance with The Guardian.
The report indicates that Cuesta open to the prospect of reuniting with Knapper ought to the opportunity arise to succeed Wagner at the finish of the season, though Arsenal intend to fend off Norwich's advances.
It's claimed the Canaries aren't alone in their curiosity, with Cuesta believed to be on the radar of a number of Championship groups.
Arsenal head coach Arteta will probably be determined to maintain maintain of his closest confidantes, who Nuno Tavares showered with reward in 2022's All or Nothing documentary.
'Carlos can perceive the gamers because he is additionally young,' the Arsenal defender, at present on mortgage at Nottingham Forest, stated.
'He helps me get higher and higher.'
Cuesta speaks six languages and has fostered robust relationships with a number of members of Arteta's first-team squad in his position as Arsenal's particular person improvement coach.
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Arteta has not often spoken about Cuesta within the media however backed his compatriot to step up in his absence as a suspension meant he was pressured to observe on from the stands as Arsenal misplaced at Aston Villa in December.
Asked if his gamers would miss him at Villa Park, Arteta joked: 'Hopefully they'll play higher, they will be extra constructive, and I can affect them with my constructive thoughts!
'We've got very skilled coaches; Albert [Stuivenberg], Carlos [Cuesta] and Nico [Jover] will probably be there next to them, and we've carried out it up to now from residence so let's do it now.'
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