{"id":1492,"date":"2026-05-29T08:39:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2026-05-29T08:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:39:24","slug":"kroenke-assures-that-covid-gave-arteta-space-to-revive-a-sleeping-giant-like-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1492","title":{"rendered":"Kroenke assures that COVID gave Arteta &#8220;space&#8221; to revive a &#8220;sleeping giant&#8221; like Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\"><strong>Stan y Josh Kroenke<\/strong>father and son, are the bosses of the <strong>Arsenal<\/strong>. Together they have built the new <strong>&#8216;Golden age&#8217; <\/strong>who live<strong> &#8216;gunners&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\"><strong>Josh<\/strong>however, has surprised by placing the <strong>turning point<\/strong> of the <strong>brand new Premier League champion<\/strong> at a critical moment: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if I, Mikel or anyone else will ever admit it, but <strong>&#8220;There was something about the fact that Arteta had a bit of &#8216;space&#8217; during the pandemic, when there were no fans around.&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>There was something about Arteta having a bit of &#8216;space&#8217; during the pandemic, when there were no fans around<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">Josh Kroenke<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">&#8220;There were some problems of our own at different times, and obviously <strong>We won the FA Cup, but not having that extra pressure from the fans<\/strong> over at different times, when we were going through different phases of growth, <strong>It&#8217;s something that probably none of us would recognize at the time,&#8221; <\/strong>insists.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-player\"><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Arteta: &#8220;We have made history together again&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;In hindsight, I think we can say, &#8216;Maybe there was a silver lining to that.'&#8221;<\/strong>assures Kroenke. <strong>&#8220;I knew we were a sleeping giant that we had to wake up somehow&#8221;<\/strong>he acknowledges.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>I knew we were a sleeping giant that we had to wake up somehow<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">Josh Kroenke<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Arteta, his team and our players<\/strong><strong>They earned the right to be patient in those moments<\/strong> thanks to the amount of work and energy they put in behind the scenes,&#8221; he emphasizes <strong>Kroenke<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">The arrival of <strong>Arteta<\/strong> in <strong>2019<\/strong>after the departure of <strong>Unai Emery<\/strong>was the key: <strong>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to take any credit for myself or my father. <\/strong>&#8220;Anyone who has the opportunity to be close to Mikel would be easily convinced.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stan y Josh Kroenkefather and son, are the bosses of the Arsenal. 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