I disrupted pre-season travel plans to prepare players - Arteta
3 sources·Updated September 11, 2026
Mikel Arteta travel plans
Covered by 3 sources
- Irish Independent Life·13h agoMikel Arteta deliberately sabotaged Arsenal’s match preparation in pre-season to test players’ reactionsRead at Irish Independent Life →
- BBC Football·20h agoI disrupted pre-season travel plans to prepare players - Arteta
Mikel Arteta says Arsenal were ready for their midweek Champions League flight delay - because he deliberately disrupted their training and travel plans in pre-season to prepare them.
Read at BBC Football → - Guardian Sport·22h ago‘Delay the meals’: Mikel Arteta reveals latest maverick Arsenal methods
Manager wants players to cope with things going wrong Other tactics include making dressing room even hotter Mikel Arteta has revealed that he likes to set players challenges, such as delaying their meals before matches and making the dressing room hotter, to ensure they are…
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