Mikel Arteta has been Pep Guardiola's assistant at Manchester City since 2016Mikel Arteta has a broad agreement to become Arsenal head coach - but the deal is being held up by Manchester City's compensation demands. However, Arsenal managing director Vinai Venkatesham and club lawyer Huss Fahmy were photographed leaving Arteta's Manchester home in the early hours of Monday morning after a meeting lasting over two hours. The Gunners fuelled speculation Arteta's appointment could be imminent on Thursday after postponing interim boss Freddie Ljungberg's news conference to Friday. Ljungberg was set to face the media ahead of Saturday's trip to Everton - by which time Arsenal hope to have former club captain Arteta in place. Following that game, which City won 3-1, Guardiola was once again asked about Arteta's future, saying: "There was no change.

Source: Sky sports December 19, 2019 11:01 UTC