Arsenal's Carlos Cuesta 'attracting interest from Norwich City'

Championship playoff hopefuls Norwich City have apparently identified Arsenal assistant Carlos Cuesta as a prime candidate to become their next head coach.

Rather than pursue a career as a player, Cuesta entered the world of football coaching as a teenager and has since risen to prominence as part of Mikel Arteta's backroom staff.

The 28-year-old served as the assistant manager of Atletico Madrid's Under-17s between 2014 and 2018, after which he moved to Italy and spent two years with Juventus' Under-17s.

Just after his 25th birthday, Cuesta was hired by Arsenal to join Arteta's team, and the Spaniard's stock has risen exponentially thanks to his role in the Gunners' rise to Premier League title challengers.

Alongside Arteta, Albert Stuivenberg and Steve Round — who departed at the end of last season — Cuesta has helped Arsenal win two Community Shields and end their seven-year exile from the Champions League with a second-placed Premier League finish in 2022-23.

The Gunners — who were absent from Europe entirely during Cuesta's second year at the club — qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League in first place from Group B, while they are also just two points behind Liverpool in third place in the Premier League table this time around.

The former Juventus and Atletico coach specialises in individual development with Arsenal players, making use of videos to provide in-depth tactical analysis, and he speaks a total of six languages — English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French and Catalan.

Cuesta's contract with Arsenal expires at the end of the current campaign, though, and according to The Guardian, Norwich are interested in appointing him as their new manager for next season.

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