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Mikel Arteta told 'best-looking manager award' is the only trophy he'll win this season - but Pep Guardiola should have won instead, says Teddy Sheringham

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<p>The Spanish tactician is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/mikel-arteta-simple-key-beating-real-madrid-arsenal-ready-themselves-champions-league-tie-kylian-mbappe-jude-bellingham/blt465d558b2ae7edb7" target="_blank">still in the hunt for Champions League glory with the Gunners</a>. The north London outfit have made their way to the quarter-finals of that competition, where they will be facing title holders Real Madrid.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Another <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/mikel-arteta-doesnt-have-personality-work-with-big-players-ex-arsenal-star-fresh-swipe-recruitment-policy/blt6f701c76d3d2c5f2" target="_blank">Premier League title bid has faltered at Emirates Stadium</a>, with a third successive runners-up finish on the cards, while domestic triumphs in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup have also fallen out of reach.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Arteta has been named the best-looking coach in the English top-flight, and that may be the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/mikel-arteta-tipped-emulate-arsene-wenger-20-year-arsenal-reign-former-gunners-favourite-job-spaniard-done/blt00e0587a9eebc4ca" target="_blank">only prize that he walks away with in 2024-25</a>. Tottenham legend Teddy Sheringham is of that opinion.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Ex-England international Sheringham told <a href="https://casinoapps.com/2025/04/08/interview-with-teddy-sheringham/ " target="_blank"><em>casinoapps.com</em></a>, with Arteta considered to be undeserving of the one accolade that he has secured: "Will it be the only trophy he wins? He can have that one.</p><p>"As for who I think should have won, you know what? I think Pep Guardiola. I just think he’s smooth. Everything he does, I think he's smooth. I love his manner, I love the way he is, I love his positivity, I love his enthusiasm, his professionalism, and he's cool as well, isn’t he?"</p>

WHAT TEDDY SHERINGHAM SAID

<p>Arteta said when being told that he had landed the Premier League’s best-looking award: "My mum and dad should be very proud for the job that they did." The 43-year-old is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/big-one-mikel-arteta-transfer-vow-arsenal-very-excited-summer-plans-viktor-gyokeres-transfer-talk/bltf02c25c964950856" target="_blank">tied to a contract at Emirates Stadium through to the summer of 2027</a>.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR MIKEL ARTETA?

Mikel Arteta told 'best-looking manager award' is the only trophy he'll win this season - but Pep Guardiola should have won instead, says Teddy Sheringham | Goal.com

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been brutally informed that the &apos;best-looking manager award&apos; is the only trophy that he will win this season.

Mikel Arteta told &apos;best-looking manager award&apos; is the only trophy he&apos;ll win this season - but Pep Guardiola should have won instead, says Teddy Sheringham

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