Why is Mikel Arteta banished from the touchline for the last prem competition of Arsenal?

Mikel Arteta is 90 minutes away from leading his Arsenal side to a third consecutive second place in the Premier League – but the Spaniard is banned from the touchline today.

Many have tipped the Gunners to finally get the title in their hands Manchester City’s Terrible start of the 2024/25 campaign.

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But instead it was Dutch Arne Slot It would benefit by leverpool to them 20th Prem Crown In what turned out to be a sensational debut season.

And things could have gone from bad to worse, because Arsenal was in danger of sliding out of the top five Champions League Spots with a difficult schedule in front of the bow.

A hard-fought 2-2 draw with champions Liverpool and a Crucial 1-0 win About Newcastle confirmed their place in the Elite competition of club football for next season.

In addition, apart from an absolute travesty, the Gunners will finish second again, but Boss Arteta will be stripped that he cannot say goodbye to the fans this season.

Why is Mikel Arteta banned from the touchline?

Mikel Arteta will be banned from the touchline this afternoon while taking his third yellow card of the season during last weekend’s victory against Newcastle.

The Spaniard was booked after he had kicked the ball late.

And assistant Albert Stuivenberg will take the lead in the absence of the Arsenal boss.

Arteta won’t mind too much After his side, but a second place rejected.

A super strike by Declan Rice saw the Gunners Newcastle beating to second place and at the same time confirming a place in the Champions League of next season.

Who is Albert Stuivenberg?

Albert Stuivenberg is the current assistant manager of ArsenalSince December 2019 in the club.

Stuivenberg was born in Rotterdam, Holland in August 1970, making him 51 years old.

The Dutchman is nicknamed ‘Airpod Albert’ for being wearing the headphones on the touchline during games.

An injury brought his gaming career to an early stopping after spells at SC Telstar and HFC Haarlem before moving with coaching with Feyenoord and then the Holland Under-17 and Under-21 teams.

Stuivenberg was appointed assistant -coach of Louis van Gaal near Manchester United in 2014 alongside assistant manager Ryan Giggs.

After he left in 2016 in 2016 after Van Gaal’s resignation, Stuivenberg again connected with Giggs to become the assistant manager of Wales under the former winger in 2018.

Stuivenberg was still Wales assistant next to his arsenal role until July 2021.

But his only focus is now on the Gunners after leaving the Welsh setup after their Euro 2020 campaign.

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