Arsenal will be hoping for a great 2023–24 league season after their summer success and lessons learned from last season. As we look forward to next season, here are four things that could happen:
Arteta could bring the best out of Kai Havertz.
Kai Havertz failed to live up to his promise at Stamford Bridge after excelling with Bayer Leverkusen. Arsenal spending £65 million for his services implies that they believe he can match or even outperform his Bayer Leverkusen performance. Arteta has previously shown that he can bring out the best in underappreciated talents like Oleksander Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus. Next season, Havertz might be his resurgence project.
Declan Rice May Need Time To Adjust To His New surroundings.
Even if Arsenal paid £105 million for the 24-year-old, that doesn’t guarantee he’ll be a big hit right away. We must admit that the styles of West Ham and Arsenal are vastly different. Arsenal’s is quick, whereas West Ham’s is slow. Rice may have a sluggish start at the Emirates, and Gooners will need to be patient with him and not expect too much from him at first.
Timber to Establish Himself As A Cog In Arteta’s Project
Jurrien Timber could have the same impact on Arsenal’s game as William Saliba did last season. Timber, like Saliba, possesses technical ability, confidence with the ball at his feet, and versatility. He will undoubtedly become an important part of Arteta’s project. Though his move from Ajax to Arsenal has mostly gone under the radar, it could turn out to be one of the best summer deals.
Domestic Cup Domination
Arsenal should attempt to win it all next season. Last season, the fact that they were knocked out of cup competitions yet excelled in the league, showed that they did not put much effort into cup competitions. The Emirates faithful want Arteta and the players to win silverware and have something to show for their brilliance, like clinching the FA Community Shield, Carabao Cup, and FA Cup might be the perfect start to years of dominance.
Whether they win the cups or not, failing to win the league would be devastating to Arsenal after the massive investment in Arteta..
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I am from Africa Zambian, and i believe this season will go a step further than last season. Looking at the way the team has performed during the summer tour, this is a good sign that the season will come with the excitement and of course the wonderful arsenal football we enjoy.
I can agree with 1,2 & 3, but would challenge 4. Every knockout competition has an element of luck and we are simply not in control of that. I would agree that we will be in a better squad position to be able to challenge for domestic silverware, but so will at least another 6 teams.
Well the injuries are already kicking in, and we haven’t even started yet, so I fully expect yet another campaign derailed.
I think we can only pray have their own injury crisis to start any slim chance of winning the league.
Arsenal are dreadful in Europe, especially the CL, so I’m not expecting anything from that.
Hopefully we can win a domestic cup.
*pray City have their own injury crisis.
I think we are going gun blazing this is season, your expectations are quite too low regardless of injuries.
I don’t believe the notion that Arsenal is terrible in Europe. Does anyone recall 2006 Champions league final? How about Europa final where we were knocked out by Chelsea? There were also incidents where we reached champions league semis and quarters. We might not have had success in Europe yet but it is an exaggeration to say we have been terrible in Europe. Until last season Man city was said to be terrible in Europe but see what they did. There is always a beginning to everything. I believe there is a resurgence of Arsenal in Europe. We need to look to the future with optimism rather than undermining ourselves with negative comments,
You cannot compare Arsenal to Man City in Europe, as it’s only fairly recently that City have become a big club. Yet in far less time, they conquered Europe.
We have never won the European Cup, and haven’t won a European trophy for over a quarter of a century.
We maybe one of the biggest clubs domestically, but compared to other English clubs success in Europe, we’re miles down the list. Even West Ham are winning European trophies!
I also do not see any resurgence of Arsenal in Europe, in fact, it’s quite the opposite. I love MA, and he has done a wonderful job, but we have been poor in Europe under him. What resurgence are you referring to?
Besides the FA CUP fluke a few months into his tenure I do say that Arteta has been poor in cup games.. He does not seem to be able to juggle between the league and the cups. In the cups he just seems to struggle when not using his preferred first team starting eleven..
Now that he has built his own squad I do expect much better than he has served up so far..
Same here.
Don’t expect anything – and you wont be disappointed. It’s not likely that Arsenal will have a season as good as last. All of the opponents will be better than last year. Hopefully even Arsenal. But we can’t be sure. Buying Declan Rice to replace Granit Xhaka is not a good buy. Xhaka is better as Xhaka than Rice is as Xhaka. That’s for sure. And the club need at least two more signings before the window closes.
OT: Arsenal has tabled a bid in the region of £ 23 mill for Raya just before midnight.
It is believed £ 20 mill is fix as the further £ 3 mill are add ons.
We could also expect more injuries. Zinchenko is out as usual, Nelson isn’t fit, Rice had a minor one and Jesus is having another problem in the same problematic knee
Can’t we just have one season without an injury crisis? I am a rational person, but it happens so often at Arsenal, I honestly feel the club is cursed.
Yes, I also think Arsenal have bad luck when it comes to injuries. I heard our training system was and is very taxing
Rice used to play with players he needs to take care, players not better than him, players he might not trust fully. Now, he is in the world of giants in play making. He no longer need to take care of others, he needs to take care of his own game. Timber and Havertz the same situation. To play with Arteta, you need to stick to your position and stick to the plan. I think only Captain Odegaard, Jesus, Zinchenko, Saka, Martinelli and maybe White had fully embraced Arteta system. Others need more time and games.
Interesting thoughts, but what exactly is Zinchenko’s position and why has White not started in the pre season matches?
I expect a fierce attitude from the players, making the last seasons frustrations a driving force. I expect players being ruthless considering we have good rotations options. I expect the first XI to play like they are steroids and get subbed at an hour mark to continue the dame ferocity till the end. If I see these qualities in the matches, I think I won’t worry too much about the results at the end of the season. It will be good.
Sorry for the typos. Got a little more ferocious lol
I believe success this year will be less than many want, but I will still consider it a success.
We made a massive leap last year running city to the end and taking second. Some believe only now winning the league will constitute success. I would disagree with this.
If we come second again in the league, maybe win 1 cup and have a great run in the CL (last 8 or better) I will consider this a successful year.
The reason for this is it will show some consistency and these marginal gains will lead to the team being better prepared for the following season and also make us more attractive to players in the transfer market. Therefore year on year getting better and better and finally returning to the days when every season we are considered as genuine title contenders. I want years of this now not a boom and bust situation.
I’m hoping for another exciting season