Arteta wakes up and checks to see if Edu has given him any transfer news

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta wakes up and checks to see if Sporting Director Edu has given him any transfer news  30/08/2024  Sobha Realty Training Ground, London, UK

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00:00Have they changed some of the plans you may have had in the transfer window?

00:07No, obviously we are creating a squad and building a squad that has to create a space

00:12for that talent to emerge and have the roles that they deserve and they are earning that

00:18right certainly and obviously the gap is so big for them to play with the first team in

00:24the competitions and the demands that we have right now but so far they are fulfilling that

00:29gap and they are doing really well.

00:31So it's something you have to be conscious of to not bring someone new in who might block

00:36someone like Ethan or Myles for example?

00:37For sure.

00:38On the deadline there, do you wake up this morning with excitement in your stomach?

00:43Do you wake up and look forward to it?

00:45The first thing I do is I check the phone and say, Edu, no news?

00:49Okay, so far maybe good news and that's it and then let's see what happens.

00:56Regarding Mikel's injury, you must be devastated for him but how upset was he?

01:02A player who joins a club must be really excited for that to happen.

01:06How much consolation did he need when you speak to him afterwards?

01:09He had the incident and he carried on playing and training and at some point we were looking

01:14and it doesn't look right.

01:15So that tells you how much he wanted.

01:17He didn't want to accept that that was happening in that moment but actually it's what happened

01:22and let's use the time that we have right now to make sure that he's familiar with everything

01:26that we do, how we live, what we expect of him, how is the team dynamics.

01:32He will be in every meeting as well so we will use that time in the best possible way

01:36and hopefully in a few weeks he will be ready.

01:39Can I just ask about Ben Wright?

01:41He wasn't in the squad yesterday and he asked, he said, to report in his call.

01:46Have you spoken to Ben at all about him recently?

01:48No, not recently.

01:49And do you expect this to continue, that he will just focus on Arsenal and not worry about anything?

01:55That's totally his decision.

01:59On Ramsdale, obviously last season there was a saga of Rye versus Ramsdale

02:04as to who was going to start and obviously he's not been in the team,

02:07he's not started for a while for us and now he's gone.

02:10What are your thoughts on his time at Arsenal?

02:12Because obviously he's had some big moments for you guys over the last few years.

02:15Do you think games like Arsenal could show the goalkeeper he actually is?

02:19I have really positive memories from the play that we signed,

02:24the excitement that he brought, what he actually did in a very short period of time.

02:29He earned the respect and love of everybody at the club and externally.

02:34He was part of the national team and he helped us to earn some success

02:40and now we have to make a decision.

02:43It's best for the three parties, we've done it and now we have to move on.

02:46This is football.

02:47Financially, as a club, you've obviously sold Ramsdale and Ketia,

02:50but soon to be Ketia and Neil Smith-Rowe.

02:53That's about 90 million.

02:54As a club, it must be, from a financial point of view, quite good to sell to your academy players

02:59that aren't getting into the academy graduates that will make the team.

03:02To get that kind of money is quite a good coup for us, isn't it?

03:05Yeah, because there are a lot of decisions behind us and a lot of decisions at the club,

03:10the board, Edu and the coaches have to do and then the players.

03:15You have to develop them, you have to give them the right time

03:18and they have increased their value, which means they have improved as players

03:21and they have a lot of interest from a lot of clubs.

03:24That's something positive, that at least if we cannot continue with them

03:28or they want to find a different journey in their careers,

03:31they have the ability as well to financially use that capacity to keep improving the squad.

03:37Ed?

03:38Just to clarify, who did Mourinho have a collision with in training?

03:43A player. With a player.

03:45I didn't say specifically, sorry.

03:47I think, no? Maybe I did.

03:50Did I? Apologise then. Gabby.

03:53If I say Gabby, it's Gabby already.

03:57On the transfer window, earlier in the window,

03:59you were talking about how difficult it's been in this window to do transfers

04:04because of various reasons.

04:06Has that been the case until the end?

04:08Has it been particularly hard to do a really big signing this summer?

04:12Yeah, because there were a lot of moving pieces

04:15and timing was very tricky to manage.

04:18But we were really lucky because the players that we wanted to sign,

04:21they waited for us, they said no to other options that they had

04:25and we managed to bring them in.

04:27So that was crucial, I think.

04:29And is that the case at all?

04:30Obviously you've got this money in the bank now,

04:32are you prepared to wait for the right signing?

04:35Maybe not this window, but the next window and even next summer.

04:39I don't know how much money is in the bank.

04:41We just try to obviously explain what we need,

04:45what we want to accomplish, what we want.

04:47And the club, every time, they want to try to facilitate

04:51what we are looking for when we try to explain the right reasons to it.

04:54OK, finally, Tom.

04:56With the reno, is it more disappointing for you as a manager

05:00that he's out because it was the new signing?

05:02Or was it easier just to say we'll just carry on with what we've got

05:05like you did with Tim Bernas?

05:07Well, it is very disappointing because you can feel the pain of the player as well.

05:11And yeah, we fought so hard for three months to get the player over the line

05:16and the club has made a huge effort to bring him in

05:19and on day one for that to happen, it's a huge blow.

05:23But his reaction has been exceptional, straight away.

05:26We've signed him for many years, not for a few weeks,

05:29and we need to move on.

05:30These things can happen, it was very unfortunate, but it's our reality.

05:34OK, everyone. Thanks a lot.

05:39Can I get my gloves?

05:42And boots.

05:44We play, we only can.

05:53LAUGHTER

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