Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has reaffirmed his enduring admiration for Pep Guardiola, insisting his personal feelings remain unchanged ahead of Sunday’s Carabao Cup final against Manchester City at Wembley.
Arteta, who served as Guardiola’s assistant at City from 2016 to 2019, was asked about his relationship with Pep and if anything has changed over the years.
“It has changed – he’s in Manchester, I’m in London. We’re managing two different clubs.
“The feelings from my side haven’t changed at all. It’s changed in the fact that we’re never together – we cannot spend time together and that’s important for our relationship.
“But it’s not the most important thing, because what I feel about him and the time that we had together, what he did for me and the inspiration he’s been since I was little for me, that’s never going to change.”
