MIKEL ARTETA hilariously photobombed Sky Sports’ report outside the Arsenal training ground on Tuesday.
The Gunners’ manager, 43, is preparing for his side’s Premier League encounter with Crystal Palace on Wednesday following their rampant 4-0 win over Ipswich Town on Easter Sunday.
Arteta has led the north Londoners into the last four of the Champions League as well – masterminding a stunning two-leg victory over holders Real Madrid en route to the semi-finals.
They face Paris Saint-Germain next week, with Luis Enrique’s runaway Ligue 1 leaders having already dumped out Liverpool and Aston Villa this term.
Now, it seems as though Arteta is trying to squeeze as much good fortune out of every inch of the club, including their club dog ‘Win’.
While Sky Sports News reporter Gary Cotterill stood outside the Gunners’ training ground, updating viewers on the wellbeing of star winger Bukayo Saka, Arteta crashed the shoot walking Win out of the grounds.
One fan took to Twitter to say that the moment was “unreal”.
Arteta brought Win, a chocolate labrador, in to London Colney in 2023, to “develop the family atmosphere” at Arsenal, with Arteta claiming that the dog was “one of us”.
Win has not actually brought Arsenal any trophies since their one and only crown under Arteta, which was the 2020 FA Cup.
The Gunners are 13 points adrift of league leaders Liverpool in the Premier League, with the Champions League their only realistic chance of silverware this term.
Cotterill stated that Saka’s ankle injury that he sustained at Portman Road “wasn’t too bad”.
That comes after the Englishman was seen with ice around his achilles.
He had been forced off just before the hour mark in East Anglia after a shocking challenge from Leif Davis that saw the Ipswich left-back sent off.
Arsenal host Bournemouth in between their European semi-final legs against PSG, before they take on Champions League-chasing Newcastle United on the penultimate day.
They travel to already-relegated Southampton to round off their league campaign.
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