During the fifteen years following its inauguration, in 2006, the Emirates Stadium was regularly ridiculed, across the Channel, for the often neutral atmosphere which reigned there, to the point of having garnered an unflattering nickname: “The Library » (“the library”). But, in recent years, the Arsenal stadium has become one of the noisiest in the Kingdom, particularly during major Premier League or Champions League events, thanks in particular to Mikel Arteta. Because his occasionally frenetic attitude on the sidelines has the gift of galvanizing Gunners fans, but not only that. “ Since his appointment (in December 2019), Mikel regularly asked for public support before important matches, something his predecessors never dared to do », relève Raymond Herlihy.
