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Arsenal

The Inside Story of Arsenal’s Rebirth Under Mikel Arteta

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Arsenal

Written by: Sam Dean
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Read by the author and renowned sports journalist Sam Dean.

The wait is over: Arsenal are Premier League Champions. Now you can listen to the exclusive story.

For two decades, Arsenal Football Club was weighed down by under-achievement and internal friction. But under the visionary leadership of Mikel Arteta, the club has shed its bad apples, forged an unbreakable collective spirit and turned the Emirates Stadium into a fortress once more. Now, the ultimate prize has finally returned to North London.

Taking listeners deep inside the pulse-pounding 2025/26 campaign, award-winning The Daily Telegraph correspondent Sam Dean explores the astonishing seven-year project that transformed a club in chaos into an unstoppable title-winning machine. With unparalleled access to the dressing room, Dean charts every defining moment of the Arteta era – from the ruthless defenestration of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and the brilliant integration of Hale End academy stars, to the high-stakes £270M recruitment drive that finally pushed them over the finish line.

Gripping, authoritative and packed with insider accounts, Arsenal is the definitive story of a footballing giant waking up. It is an essential, must-have listen to celebrate the Gunners’ spectacular return to the apex of global football.

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Critic Reviews

A terrific, in-depth read about the challenges, inspiration and perseverance required to rebuild a football club from the inside out. The beauty of this book is that it is not the story of a successful season, but the deeper exploration of a cultural revolution. Arsenal’s title was several years in the making, with Mikel Arteta as its compelling architect. Sam Dean observed it all with a thoughtful eye for detail (Amy Lawrence, Arsenal correspondent The Athletic)
A book meticulous in its chronicling of a remarkable turnaround at one of English football’s greatest clubs. Sam Dean tells the full story of the modern Arsenal – not just the triumphs but the mistakes and the set-backs too. He details Mikel Arteta’s shrewdness, as well as his trademark ruthlessness, with the clarity of a journalist who was there to see it all happen, first-hand (Sam Wallace, Chief football writer, The Daily Telegraph)
An absorbing read from one of the very best Arsenal reporters out there. A book packed full of interesting insights and details covering an incredible period in Arsenal’s history, all told in Sam’s own masterful way. A must for all Arsenal fans (Charles Watts, Arsenal journalist and Sunday Times best-selling author of Revolution)
Sam has combined impeccable research with exclusive insight from several key figures to create a must-read for Arsenal fans (James Olley, Senior Football Writer, ESPN)
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