After Arsenal’s outstanding triumph on Tuesday in clinching their first Premier League title in a generation, it made Ibrox Noise think.
Arsenal did much the same with former Rangers hero Mikel Arteta as they did with Arsene Wenger and Man Utd did with Sir Alex.
They gave him time.
Arteta had been standalone manager at the Emirates for years. An astonishing 7 years.
You do not get that time anywhere, yet Arsenal trusted Arteta to restore their glory days. They stuck by him.
Now, bear in mind Arteta had not only played for some of the world’s most pressured clubs, namely the Gooners and of course the Famous, but he’d been coached under some might argue his mentor and one of the greatest managers ever, in Pep.
Assistant manager under his fellow Spaniard at the Etihad, Arteta was schooled much in the same way Walter was under MacLean. Learning under the best.
But he got something no manager ever gets. Time.
Arsenal have been a sleeping giant for two decades. Sure, he won a few trophies, but for 7 years and the budget under Arsenal it wasn’t breathtaking.
Today?
Premier League champions and with a squad the envy of the world, chock-full of £100M-rated players like Rice, Saka, Saliba, Zubimendi.
And they have a Champions League to win as well.
Where are we going with this?
Danny Rohl, of course.
Now, in terms of his playing career Rohl is peanuts compared with Arteta. He retired after a modest career at the age of 21 and went into coaching. Arteta was Barca youth, PSG, Rangers, Sociedad, Arsenal and Everton. There’s no comparison here.
But in management, Arteta despite that grounding he had, still didn’t get going for quite a while.
Arsenal just kept faith. They believed they had something special here and weren’t prepared to sack him. 5th. 8th. 8th. 5th.2nd. 2nd.2nd.1st
From 2019 Arsenal suffered horrendous finishes and manager criticism. Then in 2023 things changed. Arteta got a second-place finish. They started looking like champions elect. They held it for another two seasons. Still complaints about also-rans and lacking bottle.
Then Tuesday the 19th of May 2026. The day they became champions.
Because Arteta got that time.
Now, we’re still not by any means pro Rohl on Ibrox Noise. We can assure you so many of us want him given his P45 ASAP.
But Arteta IS an example of when a young manager gets that time to build something.
Is this Arsenal’s time now? It could be. He’s just beaten his fabled mentor, who now leaves Man City.
Are Rangers prepared to give Danny Rohl 7 years? Will Rangers give Danny Rohl that time?
Would you?