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.
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Arsenal against Leverkusen 2024.8.7
Went to Emirates Stadium for this club friendly game and this is all I care about......so important.
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xabi saying arteta is 'a competitive animal' is definitely an interesting choice of words
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hottest manager's couple out there ❤️
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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!
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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 😭
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"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😉😂
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Drawing hangout online with some friends and here is my part🌹
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Men's Football RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Xabi Alonso/Granit Xhaka
Characters: Mikel Arteta
Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Power Imbalance, Anal Sex, Men Crying, Slow Build, Gay Sex, First Time
Summary:
Granit gives in to whatever the hell has been building between him and Xabi all season.
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