Revolution: The new sports biography revealing the incredible true story of Mikel Arteta’s success at Arsenal football club

The inside story of Mikel Arteta’s astonishing transformation of Arsenal

November 2019. Unai Emery’s final game as Arsenal manager sees the Gunners languishing eighth within the league. Appointed within the dying embers of the Wenger years, Emery’s 18 months as Arsenal boss has seen the team and the club go backwards – playing unimaginative, pragmatic football, and recently losing to London rivals Chelsea within the final of the Europa League. Something needed to change; a fresh head with fresh ideas. A new leader.

This is the tale of how Mikel Arteta turned Arsenal into one of the crucial exciting, innovative and feared teams within the league. From cutting his teeth as an assistant under Pep Guardiola before joining Arsenal within the winter of 2019, through to title contenders years later – including bust-ups, Covid, disappointments, FA Cup wins, fan insurrection, and ultimately the upward push of an unusual young team standing at the edge of greatness – this book would be the first of its kind to explore the workings of Arteta’s philosophy and how he transformed the club from outsiders to title challengers.

With chapters on his tactical innovations, in-game strategies, transfer insight and, of course, an account of the memorable 2022-23 season – Revolution is the tale of an unusual football ascent and the first draft of Arsenal’s new history.