Managerial contract news: In short, there is no managerial contract news. Andoni Iraola and Mikel Arteta were both asked if either had been in talks with their respective employers during their pre-match press conferences and both men suggested they had not.
Iraola: “I’m sorry, I don’t have any news for you,” he said. “There has been no change on that side of things.”
Arteta: “We have no time to discuss that now,” he said. “The full focus is on what we have to do from here until the end of the season. I am fully committed and really happy and I feel good. My family is good and I still have so much ambition to do with this football club, and for now we are in a good place.”
Iraola’s contract with Bournemouth expires at the end of this season, while Arteta’s three-year deal with Arsenal is up for renewal at the end of the next one.
How are we feeling, Arsenal fans? If I was a Gooner, I think I’d be experiencing a mixture of giddy excitement and downright terror ahead of the Premier League run-in. Every game is big from here on in but Bournemouth this afternoon and Manchester City next weekend seem particularly massive. While other opinions are available, I think if you win both of those you’re home and hosed as far as the title race is concerned.
