Mikel Arteta reveals Arsenal plan after signing new long-term contract

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola walked away from Liverpool and Manchester City respectively after long stints, speaking of the need to have a break from football having run out of energy.However, Arteta dismissed the suggestion that he could find himself in a similar position at the end of this contract.He said: "To stop doing what I do? At the moment it's not in my head, because I love so much what I do, I wake up every morning and I have this energy."A lot of people say, 'Mikel but you need to rest sometimes'. But the reality, and I'm honest, is sometimes I take a break during the day, I go back and I start to work on something and I get more energy because I love what I do."'What about this, what about if we pass on that'? This is the beauty of working, of doing something that is your absolute passion and that's why I feel extremely lucky to be where I am."This is the beauty of working, of doing something that is your absolute passion and that's why I feel extremely lucky to be where I amMikel ArtetaArteta also claimed that he does not view his job as a stressful one, declaring it instead a "privilege" to have the opportunity to lead Arsenal."I think I'm still really young and this is just my first experience as well," Arteta said."That is probably the way I live my profession and this week we had a lot of discussions and people talked about pressure or stress."I understand [but] I don't relate my job to that and I've been through very different moments. It's more about the level of the passion and love that I have for the game and what I do with the ambition and drive and aspirations that I have.Read More"And if you want to put a name into it, fine, but for me it's just a privilege to do that every single day."Here to stay: Mikel ArtetaGettyArteta is already the longest-serving manager in the top four divisions of English football.If he sees out the full four years of this contract, he will have led Arsenal for 11 years. That would be half the length of Arsene Wenger's reign.Arteta laughed off suggestions that he could match that tenure, focusing instead on the support from the club's owners and hierarchy in persuading him to sign a new deal."I always say that when you are negotiating and when you are trying to figure out the future, the most important thing is at the end, when you are about to sign the deal, looking at everyone in the room and seeing some smiley faces and excitement in their eyes," he said."And that's what I gather from Stan and Josh [Kroenke], especially, and then from Rich [Garlick], from James [King], from Andrea [Berta], of course, that was there, and then obviously the staff of the players."That's it. I have to earn the right every single day to continue to be at this level, sitting in this chair, and making the most out of it."