Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has stated he believes as many as 9 groups can win the Premier League title subsequent season, though he added that his aspect has the “proper components” to return out on prime.
Arsenal have completed second in every of the previous three seasons and have strengthened their squad with the arrivals of Martín Zubimendi, Noni Madueke, Christian Nørgaard and Kepa Arrizabalaga for a mixed complete of over £120 million ($138m).
Additional arrivals are anticipated with Arsenal in superior talks to signal Viktor Gyökeres from Sporting CP and Cristhian Mosquera from Valencia.
Nevertheless, Liverpool, Manchester Metropolis and Chelsea have additionally invested important sums and when requested whether or not now was the time for Arsenal to go one step additional and win a serious prize, Arteta stated: “Yearly we have now to see how issues develop however I see the proper stability when it comes to maturity, expertise, youth, starvation and all these components are there.
“The factor is there are one other six, seven, eight golf equipment within the league which have the proper components to win and there’s solely going to be one winner. So we have now to focus so much on the issues that we will management, that we will do, to realize what we wish on the finish of the season.”
Pushed on whether or not he felt that they had what it takes to win the title, Arteta stated: “Sure I do. It’s getting an increasing number of aggressive annually. The extent is growing. We all know that so our calls for have to extend as properly.
“However we have now additionally been very lively available in the market. We’ve got to enhance the gamers we have already got which is an enormous goal after that. After which, set the proper fundaments and the proper ideas in pre-season to get the workforce prepared with the very best form and availability to begin the season.
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“The one factor that they have been speaking about on the finish of final season and the primary day via the door is ‘OK, how are we going to be higher? How are we going to do extra?’ We all know that we’re so shut now in two massive competitions and we simply need to make the following step. There are going to be a whole lot of particulars and moments that need to go our means. We’ve got to push for that to occur.”
Arteta was talking in Singapore the place Arsenal will play the primary match of their preseason tour in opposition to AC Milan on Wednesday.
In the meantime, Louis Zecevic-John has signed his first skilled contract with Arsenal. The 17-year-old proper winger is a part of the Arsenal’s under-21 tour of Slovakia.