Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has called out the Gunners board ahead of the summer transfer window as he looks to swap his third silver medal for gold next season
10:50, 19 May 2025
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 14: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta during a training session at Emirates Stadium on May 14, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
Mikel Arteta has challenged the Arsenal board(Image: Stuart MacFarlane, Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
Mikel Arteta has challenged the Arsenal board to make a splash in the transfer market over the summer.
The Gunners, again, look set to finish runners-up in the Premier League, unless there's a major swing on the final day of the season. However, Arteta wants to go one-step better next season - and he's rallied his board.
"Obviously we need players because the squad is really short, and on top of that we are losing four or five players that are going to end contracts, and their loans are finished," he told the press after Sunday's win over Newcastle.
"So, we need to be sharp. Again, very disciplined in what we want to do, and make sure that we are strong in the next season."
Arteta was then asked how big the summer is, and he continued: "Finish the season, go to the beach and make sure the ones upstairs (hierarchy) do what they need to do.
Mikel Arteta
Mikel Arteta wants to win the Premier League(Image: Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
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"What I can promise is I will do my very best. I will give my life here. I will give everything. I will get every drop of everybody there is, squeeze it, to get the best. But promise (silverware)? I cannot promise.
"Not any manager is going to promise, 'Next season, I'm going to win the Premier League or the Champions League'."
The Gunners have been strongly linked with a No.9 this summer - The Daily Mirror reported Arsenal could snap up Viktor Gyokeres for a cool £60million, but they might have to duke it out with Manchester United for his signature.
The ex-Coventry City and Brighton goal-getter is tipped to lace up for Sporting one last time in next Sunday's cup final against arch-rivals Benfica.
Throughout the season, Gyokeres has played it sly, dodging the transfer talk. But amidst the title party, he kept his cards close to his chest once more, not shutting the door on another year in Lisbon.
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"It's football, I'm still here," the Swede dished out to Sport TV via Record. "I don't know what's going to happen. Nobody can predict the future."