Mikel Arteta’s appetite for success is insatiable. “I feel good, different, hopefully better. More excited than ever. Hungrier than ever,” he declared after Arsenal opened the defense of their Premier League title with victory over Manchester City in the Community Shield.
That hunger won’t be sated by a new contract, which has been a secret guarded as closely as the artwork in the Louvre and billed by the Daily Mail as a “bumper” increase in salary. There will always be another peak to scale, with Arteta’s stated ambition to turn Arsenal into “the best club in the world.”
