Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino has spoken about his future, insisting he is “very happy” with life at the Emirates Stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Spain international has been a key player for the Gunners since joining in the summer of 2024, but he hasn’t always established himself as an automatic starter.<\/p>\n Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above apple<\/u><\/span> & Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Still, Merino looks like a player who could work well as a team player or as an impactful sub, as he did for Spain in the recent World Cup game against Portugal.<\/p>\n Discussing his situation, Merino made it clear that he is happy at Arsenal and has no intention of leaving the north London club…<\/p>\n Fabrizio Romano posted about Merino on his X account, saying: “Mikel Merino spoke about his future: “I’m very happy at Arsenal and don’t expect anything else. They make me feel part of the club’s family,” he told COPE.<\/p>\n Want more catchoffside coverage? Add us <\/i><\/b>Google recommended sources<\/span><\/i><\/b> Add trusted news to your favorites list<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Merino looked like a defensive midfield player during his time at former club Real Sociedad, but it’s a far cry from the role he eventually played under Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.<\/p>\n The 30-year-old was set to play as an emergency striker for the Gunners in 2024-25, with Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus out for extended periods due to injury, and it proved to be an unexpected success.<\/p>\n Merino has since moved into more attacking roles for both Arsenal and Spain, and looks like the ideal person to come off the bench and change the game.<\/p>\n Arsenal won’t be letting him go any time soon, so they’ll be pleased to hear he has no complaints about his current role at the Emirates.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino has spoken about his future, insisting he is “very happy” with life at the Emirates Stadium. The Spain international has been a key player for the Gunners since joining in the summer of 2024, but he hasn’t always established himself as an automatic starter. Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-49894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Mikel Merino’s fascinating transformation at Arsenal<\/h2>\n