Arteta compiling dossier of managers breaking technical area rules

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 24 Oct, 19:20 · Archive

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has received his second yellow card this season for leaving his technical area during the match against Everton.

Mikel Arteta received his second yellow card of the season for leaving his technical area during Arsenal's match against Everton on Saturday. Assistant manager Gabriel Heinze was also booked for a similar breach during the same match.

Arteta claims other Premier League managers are treated more leniently for the same offence. He said some managers have left the touchline '36 times in 10 minutes' without receiving yellow cards. 'I do have to be careful. They should put sensors there,' he said. 'There are managers who have the record in the league, 36 times in 10 minutes leave the touchline - no yellows.'

The Arsenal manager said he is compiling a dossier of video evidence to support his case. 'I am clipping all of that so I have now a massive storage of images, so if somebody comes to me I can say, I am not in the record yet,' he stated. A BBC Sport study in April 2025 found that Aston Villa manager Unai Emery spent the most time outside his technical area of current top-flight bosses. Arteta will miss a game on the touchline if he receives a third yellow card this season.

How it is being reported

• They're taking the Mik! Arsenal boss reveals he is collecting dossier of other managers breaching technical area in bizarre rant - despite criticism that HE is the worst offenderISAAN KHAN AT EMIRATES STADIUM: Arteta bizarrely claimed he has collated footage of other managers breaching their technical area after receiving his second yellow card of the season.Daily Mail Sport · 24 Oct, 19:03
• Leaving the technical area? Arteta has the receiptsWandering Premier League managers beware, Arsenal's Mikel Arteta has compiled a dossier of bosses leaving their technical area.BBC News · 24 Oct, 18:59

In this story: Mikel Arteta · Arsenal · Everton · Gabriel Heinze · Unai Emery · Aston Villa · Premier League

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