Josh Kroenke: Arsenal 'achieved something special' under Mikel Arteta | Premier League | NBC Sports

Josh, absolutely amazing scenes here.How are you feeling?

I don't even know how to answer the question.Being overrun with emotion like this after coming close the last several years and finally getting it over the line.One, for the group inside the club, what it means to them, but immediately you feel the outpouring of emotion.across the, really around the world.I mean you saw it on Tuesday night and you can see and feel it behind me over here today.Our supporter base deserves this, absolutely.

Josh, you lifted the trophy at the end of the game there, and you looked like you were saying something to yourself, as though you were having an inner conversation with yourself.What was going through your mind at that moment?

When you achieve something, it takes you back to different points of the journey.And there were lots of different points along this journey that were pretty difficult.And so, you know, just looking back and thinking about those points along the way that really brought us together as a group and probably allowed us to come together in a way that eventually led to achieving something special like today.

Where does this sit?I mean, the Cronkies are not bad at winning things, are they, over the last few years?Where does this sit right now?Obviously, this is the new one, the one that you were going for.

Yeah.

You've had some previous success, where does it fit in?

You know, they're all, it's like a favourite child, there's no way to truly say, but I will say that the competition here, the cumulative points, starting to feel that pressure on the group in December, when you really start to try to build over a period of time, is different than a seven game series that we have in the United States.And so, the pressure's different, you start to feel it a little earlier, and these players, when the pressure started to mount, they really just came together in a way.credit to Mikel, his staff, and our entire group for persevering and getting it across the line this season.

Can you just explain to the people at home the structure of the club?Because I know you're very close to Ben, who's a friend of mine.Ben Winston is a friend of mine.I know, just explain the structure of where you sit above Mikel and how you communicate with each other.

Yeah, absolutely.I mean, so I mean my father's theowner of the club.Everyone will call me owner at times and I say, you know, my father still owns the club last time I checked.I'm just trying to be his eyes and ears.And so when I'm over, I'm trying to You know, really take stock of everything, but really from a holistic level, the culture of the club, who's doing what.

And from my point, you know, plugging into the board, we've got great people right in leading and right into Mikel and Andrea.And so when you have Mikel and Andrea overseeing all of our sporting side like they have, And then our players, I can't say enough about the players.They've been put together over a period of time and they've grown together and that continuity, I think, it really allowed them to come together in a way to achieve something special that some groups can't when they're just kind of put together in a hastily manner.So credit to them and everything that they did on the pitch this year.

Josh, it's rare for us to have a club owner.So I wanted to ask when you've come second on three occasions, does any of the confidence start to go with the man in charge or as an owner?

Is that the time you feel You know there's there's lots of different ways to answer that question but to me and my father I think that that winning winning at the highest level is a process and it's not just something that you can flip a light switch on and go try to do you have to really put together a plan over a number of years and you also have to be aware of the competition around you and there's some incredibly strong competition and some very smart people historically great teams here in the Premier League so just putting that group together, knowing the competitive spirit that they are, allowing them to grow together and allowing them to fail at times I think is part of it too.We came close in different championships in the United States and sometimes you have to fail before you can succeed and I think this group really took that to heart.

Lee's just talked about the franchise, your sports franchise that's been so successful.Are you going to have a Champions League trophy as well to add to this actually?

You know, knock on...I'm not sure if this is wood but I'll knock on it.Yeah, exactly.No, I'm very excited forMikel and our group to play.I think there's going to be a weight off their back.

We've got the Premier League trophy in the bag.I can feel a different spirit out of the group and I'm excited to see what this group of coaches and players can do with just being free.and so we need to be aware of that.We've already had a few conversations about different areas that we think we can improve both on and off the pitch and looking forward to getting that going this summer.It's going to be an interesting one because of the World Cup, but fortunately everybody's coming to the United States so I don't have to travel for it.

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