Connor Humm
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Arteta after Champions League final defeat: “I would take a few days with my family and they will start the process to review what we've done, to start to make some very important decisions if we want to reach another level. “And we're going to have to show that ambition because we are more than capable of doing it, but it's going to demand to be very, very ambitious, very fast and very smart.”
Connor Humm284,146 views • 8 hours ago
🗣️ Mikel Arteta on Eze's impact: "We knew that he could create an action. He created three actions that he put people almost looking at the goalkeeper one-against-one, but as well I have to trust him. "When they make the rotation, especially on the right-hand side, and Cash’s goal last year he lost him, we conceded the goal - and this year, I think he learned a lesson because every time something was happening he was at it, and I think he helped the team in a great way."
Connor Humm917,897 views • 23 hours ago
Mikel Arteta on transfers and squad depth: Asked whether he expects business before deadline day, with injuries mounting: "As I said, we are trying to improve the squad, and until tomorrow night we're going to try to do that. I've been disconnected from the world for 24 hours because I think my energy and focus has to be on the match - I will get back on it now. "Depends if everybody's fit or not, so we can talk about today, but that scenario might change. We knew that with Willy out we had an injury in the back line - with Jurrien not fit, we're in big trouble, so we had to use Ezri, and today Mosquera - he could not continue. So we know that the depth has to be really big when you are fighting for four competitions in the manner that we play as well. So we're going to try to do that."
Connor Humm60,080 views • 1 day ago
🗣️ Mikel Arteta on winning at Villa Park after losing last season: "Well that was the state in my tummy and I spoke to the players about it. That image when the players were on the floor totally gutted. "It was a really difficult one to take and we used that to bring energy, to bring more conviction and belief to understand the difficulty of the challenge that we had ahead, especially against a team that was so successful last year and then they lost a few days ago in a really big way. "You expect a reaction and this stadium is a really difficult one, one for the big matches and they make those moments count. Today when we had to suffer, we did suffer and when we had to be really dominant, we were. So I'm really pleased."
Connor Humm46,765 views • 23 hours ago
🗣️ Mikel Arteta on whether he has spoken to other managers or the Premier League about potentially changing the rule: “Yeah, but I think more than asking anybody else, the question has to be to the players. “What do they want? “If they raise their hands and say, ‘No, I prefer to stay at home and not travel,’ I think we have an issue, because then they don’t love what they do, which is matchday. “I’m sure that if you ask the players, everybody would like to be part of the squad on matchday because that’s the way that they can fulfil themselves. “Otherwise, you have to tell somebody, ‘You are not even part of this matchday,’ and that’s really, really tough. “It doesn’t help anybody. “It doesn’t help the club. It doesn’t help the valuation of the player. It doesn’t help the player feel part of something. “In my opinion, it’s a real issue that has a really, really simple solution.”
Connor Humm82,590 views • 2 days ago
Mikel Arteta on how he handles transfer speculation with his players: "Very simple. Whatever you read, if you have a question, come and knock on my door and I will tell you whether it is true or not. If we put now the catalogue on all these walls about all the players that we wanted in the last three months, I think we need the whole building to put it on. So I think they know that there's so much speculation with a lot of players. "If ever they feel the doubt of what we think of them and if we're going to recruit a player, I tell them straight away. Normally I do it - so, 'we're going to sign somebody in their position', and normally tell them that these are the plans and these are the reasons why we have the plans. 'We still believe the same in you, but the competition is going to increase.' I prefer to do it that way."
Connor Humm177,713 views • 4 days ago
The Arsenal squad head out for their pre-match walk ahead of the opening game against Coventry. 💪
Connor Humm330,181 views • 11 days ago
🚨 Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Martin Zubimendi is NOT for sale. 🎙️ Reporter: "I take it there’s no chance of him leaving?" 🗣️ Mikel Arteta: “No, he’s a really important player. He’s a really important player for us.” 🗣️ on his importance and being left out towards the end of last season: “Without a doubt, he was one of the best players for Arsenal last season. Without him, we would never have got into the position that we got into in the last few weeks, and he deserves massive credit. “Certainly credit from all of us, all the coaches, myself, and especially his teammates. We know that without him, we would never have reached the level and competed in the way that we did throughout ten months. “At the end, yeah, he didn’t play that much. He still played some important minutes, but he didn’t play that much. But no one can neglect the importance of what he did and how important he is for us. “I think it’s important to comment on that because a lot of people end with the last taste, no? ‘But this player played the Champions League final...’ “Yeah, yeah, because this guy did it for ten months. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be here and we wouldn’t be playing in those finals. I think he deserves a lot of credit for that.” 🗣️ On his physical condition and reaction to being left out: “I had various conversations with him face to face, for him to understand my decisions. He knew perfectly where they were coming from, and he is an extremely honest and straightforward guy. “He’s so demanding of himself that sometimes it can even be too much. But he knows that, and he knew that we were going to add and increase the quality of the squad because it has to happen in every position. “We cannot do what we did and then, when we get to the last stage of the season, he has already played 55 games. We cannot have that again at this level. And he recognises that. “Now it’s going to be: ‘Okay, how am I going to raise my level to be able to do what I did last year, but for 11 months?’ “That’s it.”
Connor Humm326,529 views • 12 days ago
Mikel Arteta on Ezri Konsa potentially making his debut against the club that sold him: Asked if he has any doubts throwing Konsa into a game at his former club: "No. Well, if I see something different on the player, maybe I question that. The way I see Ezri since day one, knowing his personality really well - that I know, with all the feedback that I get from all the people that have worked with him - that's nothing that concerns me."
Connor Humm96,122 views • 4 days ago
Mikel Arteta with the team news on Jurrien Timber and William Saliba ahead of Aston Villa: "Jurrien is progressing really well. Let's see how he ends up this week. It's the third week in a row that he's been outside and we have increased his load. So he's in the right trajectory. If everything goes well, I think next week we're going to step it up again. "Willy obviously is in a much more conservative load management right now, so that's going to take a while."
Connor Humm90,108 views • 4 days ago
Mikel Arteta on Gabriel Jesus' absence from training: Asked to confirm Jesus wasn't out in training today: "Yeah." Anything to do with his future? "It's something to do with the numbers we have in the squad at the moment and the way we manage that kind of situation individually with all the players that have some personal situations." Pressed on whether "personal situations" means players who could be leaving: "Personal situations, whatever they are, I think it's clear."
Connor Humm100,860 views • 5 days ago
Kai Havertz on cutting his summer short: "I didn't text him (Arteta), to be fair. We texted during the holiday time, but I think for me it was perfect. Three weeks off, and now I only lost like one week. They started one week or two weeks before me, so I'm back for the first official game, and I feel good, so I'm happy to be back now."
Connor Humm694,317 views • 29 days ago
Mikel Arteta, asked if new signings always have to be all in - wanting Arsenal with their heart and mind, publicly and privately: "Publicly, I never ask them. I think it's more probably to get the feeling that they feel something unique, an attachment, a feeling that they really want to join us, and they have that desire to come and be part of our family."
Connor Humm86,642 views • 5 days ago
🗣️ Mikel Merino on whether he sees the Community Shield against Man City as a friendly: “No chance. There are no friendlies here. “It's not only because it's a trophy, but also because it's a game where Arsenal play. “Every time we play as Arsenal players, we know how important that game is and that we need to win it. “It's what we represent every single time we wear the shirt, so let's win it!"
Connor Humm311,212 views • 19 days ago
Mikel Arteta, asked if he is satisfied with the current Arsenal squad as the window nears its close: "Today I'm satisfied, you know. And I hope that when it closes I am even more satisfied, because I will be even more convinced the team has had a great performance against Villa and win the game, and we are in the best possible scenario. It's the best squad that we have, or we believe that we could have, right now. And that's it."
Connor Humm54,701 views • 4 days ago
Madueke whispered to Saka, telling him to dump all the celebration confetti over Declan Rice. 😂
Connor Humm183,160 views • 15 days ago
🗣️ Mikel Arteta on the possibility of players leaving who have been here a long time: "It's a really, really tough moment, you need to face that reality. But you need to face it with real honesty and transparency because when you are on the other side, that's exactly what you need. "You might not like what you've been told, but if it's truthful, if it's the reality, if it's honest and it's going to help you to make better decisions and have more clarity for the next steps in your career, you have to do that. "These are always very difficult conversations, but they need to be done. It's like when a player doesn't feel that he belongs or he's important, he wants to have a different chapter, I think that communication has to exist and it has to be both ways. "We all know, everything has a start and has an end. When it comes to the end, I think our duty, our responsibility is to do it in the best possible way, maintaining the respect and admiration for the player and the relationship, but understanding that at the end, we need to make football decisions."
Connor Humm143,296 views • 12 days ago
🚨 Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Bruno Guimaraes will NOT be out for long: “No, no, no. We expect that not to be weeks at all.Let’s see how he evolves this week. “He didn’t even want to stop. He wanted to carry on, and I’m starting to understand the character of the player. “But I don’t expect that to be a big issue.”
Connor Humm118,399 views • 11 days ago