‘He was alive – you saw it in his eyes’: inside the years that shaped Mikel Arteta
‘He was alive – you saw it in his eyes’: inside the years that shaped Mikel Arteta. In the runup to the Champions League final, the Arsenal manager’s first footballing steps in the Basque Country and Barcelona are recalled by those who shared them The way Santi Cazorla tells it, rolling about laughing, Mikel Arteta may just be the worst person you could ever wish to watch a match with.