Outstanding Simeone would succeed anywhere - Arteta

Arsenal head Mikel Arteta says he "looks up to" Atletico Madrid leader Diego Simeone earlier their teams meet successful nan Champions League - and he believes nan Argentine would beryllium a occurrence if he wanted to activity successful England.

Simeone has been successful complaint of nan La Liga broadside since December 2011 - approaching 14 years.

That is simply a longer reign than immoderate existent Premier League boss.

Arteta is nan 2nd longest-serving head moving successful nan English apical flight, having joined Arsenal successful December 2019.

That puts him down only Manchester City's Pep Guardiola, who moved to Etihad Stadium successful summertime 2016.

The Gunners leader was asked if Simeone's clip successful complaint of nan Spanish nine was an inspiration to him.

"Well, evidently location is personification that I look up to and study from him successful galore situations and what is for maine outstanding is his passion," Arteta said earlier Tuesday's game.

"I deliberation for really agelong he's been successful nan crippled and successful nan aforesaid nine pinch nan aforesaid players, really you still person that manus and that capacity to transmit specified an power and willingness to win.

"It's a very reliable situation that we unrecorded successful and to support convincing players you person to beryllium bonzer arsenic well.

"I don't cognize [him] personally but everything I heard astir him is that he's truthful bully astatine doing that. That's 1 of nan reasons why you are capable to prolong astatine that level."

Arteta rates Simeone's activity arsenic "outstanding" and said he would person nan qualities required to beryllium a deed successful nan Premier League.

"If he useful successful nan Champions League, which is nan highest title successful Europe, he tin do it anywhere," nan Arsenal leader said.

"You person to travel present and effort it and consciousness it, but I'm very judge that his know-how is unbelievable, and his characteristic and willingness will return him anywhere."

The Atletico caput coach has won 2 La Liga titles, 2 Europa Leagues, 1 Copa del Rey and 2 Uefa Super Cups, while besides reaching 2 Champions League finals.

Atletico are renowned for being reliable opponents and Arteta highlighted nan Spanish team's protect strength.

"First of each nan willingness to win, you tin consciousness that successful each azygous ball, successful each azygous yard, nan measurement they play," Arteta said.

"So it's astir really they compete and past aft really they play.

"The level of organisation is really high, nan level of subject is really high, and past they person acquired a batch of talent passim nan years that are very circumstantial for nan needs and nan measurement they want to play, and they are very bully astatine exploiting those opportunities."

Arsenal person won their opening 2 games of nan Champions League without conceding a goal.

Atletico were beaten 3-2 astatine Liverpool but responded pinch a 5-1 triumph against Eintracht Frankfurt.