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And that, everybody, is your lot!

We just heard from Mikel Arteta for the first time since his Arsenal side were crowned as Premier League Champions.

The news conference was split into two sections - one for this weekend's Premier League match against Crystal Palace and the other for next week's Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain.

Large parts of the Champions League section was conducted in Arteta's native Spanish, but here are the highlights from what we heard in English:

• Arteta says being described as a Premier League champion is "incredible to hear", especially considering the long journey to this point
• He says that his original plan was to watch Manchester City's match against Bournemouth at the training ground with the players, but 20 minutes before kick-off, he decided that he "couldn't do it" and returned home.
• Arteta rang Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola, whose Bournemouth side defeated Manchester City to crown the Gunners as Champions. He congratulated Iraola for the work he has done on the south coast.
• He spoke highly of another Spanish manager, Pep Guardiola, and the battles that his City side have had with Arsenal in recent years.
• He provided a fitness update on Mikel Merino, external and Jurrien Timber.
• After having time to celebrate winning the Premier League, attention has now turned to Sunday's match. He says they will then briefly celebrate the title again with the fans before having six days to prepare and "write a new history" in the Champions League final

We'll be back online first thing tomorrow to bring you the final Premier League pre-match news conference Friday of the season.

There's also the small matter of Thomas Tuchel's England World Cup squad being announced, so expect a frantic one!

Enjoy the rest of your day and we'll see you then.

Alex Howell
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Arsenal were back in training on Thursday, just two days after sealing their first Premier League title in 22 years. There was, however, no sign of 16-year-old Max Dowman, with the teenager instead sitting his GCSE exams.

Dowman became the youngest Premier League winner in history as the Gunners sealed the title on Tuesday night when second-placed Manchester City could only draw at Bournemouth.

And they are now preparing for their final game of the league season away to Crystal Palace on Sunday.

Once that is out of the way, Arsenal have a Champions League final against Paris-St Germain to get ready for on Saturday 30 May.

That will be followed the next day by a trophy parade around Islington.

It is not known which subjects Dowman is studying, but GCSES taking place this week include English language, business, economics and physical education.

Luckily for Dowman, next week is half-term - allowing him to focus only on the European Cup final.

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A final word from Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, who was asked about the trophy parade that is scheduled for the day after the Champions League final: "We want to have the parade with two trophies."

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta asked if his side can now dominate in the years ahead: "Now we have to show we have the ambition, the quality and the consistency to do that. That is going to be the next step."

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta asked if winning the Premier League has eased the pressure on his team before next week's Champions League final: "I think so. It's a lot of emotion - joy, happiness, being proud - and as well it is a relief. When you see so many people waiting for something to happen for so long and you actually achieve it...everything we have done is worth it and now we need to sustain it."

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That's Mikel Arteta's Premier League news conference tidied up.

We'll bring you the few lines that were in English from the pre Paris St-Germain section now before calling this one a day.

It also appears no player has been put up, despite what I said earlier...

They probably aren't in a fit state to be fair so we'll let them off.

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on how his team will prepare for their final two matches of the season: "We had 48 hours to enjoy the success of winning the league, now tomorrow and Saturday we are going to prepare really well because we need to lift our habits and standards to be in the best possible way to compete on Sunday. We will have a little window to lift the trophy and connect with the people around us - and then we have six days to write a new history in this football club."

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on the criticism his side have faced at times this season: "I think I said it a few weeks ago, you have to respect every opinion in our job. The difficulty is placing those opinions where they belong. Some of them can be extremely useful and help you improve, allowing you to see things in a different way or open your eyes to something you might not otherwise notice.

"But others can be damaging, and I think they have to be kept really far away from you. Otherwise, they can affect you in a way that will transmit to the team, and you can’t let that happen.”

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on the emotions he has felt since winning the Premier League: "It's something I probably haven't felt before. As a manager and a player, it feels different. The last 48 hours have been incredible. It has been so much fun and enjoyment. It has been great to live it."

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on crucial moments that helped define the season: "There have been so many. I need probably more time to reflect on that. We have so much footage that it will probably help explain the story of the season. One of the main ones was a meeting we had here, next to the tree, when I got all the players together and told them: 'Look at each other and the squad we have built over the summer. I think we are capable of everything and we can be very, very good but that only depends for us and our behaviours and everyone understanding the role we have.'

"Once they realised that, I think we went to a different level."

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on the fitness of Mikel Merino and Jurrien Timber: "Mikel is going to start training with the group tomorrow. Jurrien, let's hope he can do the same in the next few days. But he's still a little further behind Mikel at that moment."

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta asked if he has spoken to Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola yet: "I didn't message him, I rang him. I called him yesterday, firstly to congratulate him on the incredible job he has done with Bournemouth. I told him he almost took the Premier League away from us and then helped us to win it on the last week! I rang him to show my admiration towards him and wish him the best in the next chapter of his career, which I'm sure is going to be very successful."

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on how it felt to topple Pep Guardiola and Manchester City: "Pep has been a huge part of my journey. First of all because I started my career with him and then - not only Pep and Man City - but all the other opponents in the Premier League. They continue to raise the standards to crazy levels. The only thing it has provoked in myself, the players, the staff and the club is to be obligated to try and raise the standards and be better than that. In the last few years, we have been very, very close and this time, thankfully, we managed to win it."

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Ben Ramsdale
BBC Sport

Hope all of you watching this news conference have been doing your regular Duolingo lessons...

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on who has called him since winning the Premier League: "Your phone is a bit different when you finish second and when you win it! That's sport. It's a big lesson in life as well because the margins are so small, it can go either way. When you accomplish it, you realise how immense it is, how big it is for so many people. All of the things I have seen from our supporters in different countries is so good."

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More from Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on the players watching the game together and the celebrations that followed on Tuesday: "It was the team's moment. They had to be themselves. If I'm there, I don't think it would have been the same. I think they enjoyed it. We had our moment together a few hours later."

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We still have some quotes to bring you from Mikel Arteta's Premier League news conference but he has now moved on to questions surrounding Paris St-Germain next weekend.

This news conference is available to watch live on this page.

Just click 'Watch live' up at the top to tune in.

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says the level of emotion he felt when being crowned Premier League champion is something he has never felt before.

He adds that "the last 48 hours have been so much fun".

Full quotes to follow...

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta asked how he felt on Tuesday: "You probably don't realise it. It's one of the best feelings I've ever had. I was supposed to be here, at the training ground, watching the game with the boys and the staff because that's what they wanted - but I couldn't. I think 20 minutes before the game I had to leave. I couldn't bring the energy that I wanted, and ultimately it was their moment to watch it together and be themselves.

"I went home, I went outside to the garden and had a BBQ and I didn't watch any of it. I was just hearing some noises in the living room and suddenly the magic happened. My eldest son opened the garden door, started to run towards me, gave me a hug and said: 'We are Champions, daddy!' It was beautiful."

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