#Mikel Alonso

[red-and-white-and-black-and-gold]

I am going kind of crazy about them, I want to write about them so badly

This is from Xabi’s Player’s Tribune piece btw.

[lelucermaire-a8]

[sippin-n-watchin]

gaffers bantering

(i’m seeing many talks but near to zero content for these two come on guys)

[elmatadorisgay]

Yeah, we can tell Granit

stole that main quote from kvaradona thanks bro

[andtree4ars]

Arsenal against Leverkusen 2024.8.7

Went to Emirates Stadium for this club friendly game and this is all I care about......so important.

[cruyffista]

source

[thumperranar]

[anifffff]

hottest manager's couple out there ❤️

[odeliba]

granit don't fuck ur manager challenge

[skylarless]

San Sebastián city & basque boys☺️

[reijndeers]

xabi saying arteta is 'a competitive animal' is definitely an interesting choice of words

[goonersaurus]

some baby managers in san sebastián, 1995 - iraola, arteta, alonso in antiguoko. visuals for my fic (notes below)

why’d i make these three specifically a friend group? besides the fact that canonically they’re friends also they’re the ones who I already know. i had to make a better visualization of them as 13-year olds because the photos out there on the internet are mostly frustratingly grainy. here are the references:

Mikel Arteta

i gave him the nickname “txiki” (basque for “small”) because it sounds cute and like the english word “cheeky.” he’d come off as a happy, talented, popular boy. but i think he was very hard on himself at this age, an insufferable perfectionist who would want to kill himself if he’d lose a tennis match, who had a short temper and could be antisocial, who considered himself already too old for his age. (thank u @henry-tasman for sharing your arteta expertise with me.)

Xabi Alonso

a legend in the making what more is there to say!

Xabi + Mikel

you all know these pics already!! the adorable kids that they were

Andoni Iraola

Supposedly these are pictures of Andoni.

that’s definitely Andoni. I love the frog pose Mikel is in, he’s too cute.

Bonus!?

idk who these boys are but could we pretend the one on the right is mikel? i love their poses, the scenery of san sebastián, the vintage photo quality, it’s a photo i can feel.

i got most of these pics from here!

[lelucermaire-a8]

[nonsaremodellestar]

"Xhaka has passed under the Arteta-Alonso's care and he has become another player, totally"

The cure, yeah... I would say "under their hands", if you know what I mean😉😂

[mikarenin]

Mikel sent his eldest son Gabi to train with the Zuatzu football team under Xabi's coaching, while he himself took the Arsenal boys for summer training in Marbella 😭

[andtree4ars]

Drawing hangout online with some friends and here is my part🌹