Over the last few weeks, much of the attention at Arsenal has been directed toward signing a new striker. The club appears to have shelved most of its other plans temporarily in order to focus on finally solving a problem area that has plagued them across recent seasons. Finding someone who can consistently put the ball in the back of the net has clearly become the top priority.
Arsenal’s pursuit of a striker cannot come at the cost of bigger ambitions
While strengthening the forward line is certainly important, it would be short-sighted to believe that one signing alone will be enough to change Arsenal’s fortunes. In reality, this is a squad that, while promising, has still fallen short at crucial moments over the past few years. As such, the club must aim higher than simply solving one issue.
The real target next season must be to lift silverware. Since Mikel Arteta guided the Gunners to an FA Cup win shortly after taking charge in 2020, the club has failed to add another major trophy to the cabinet. There have been some positives, including Community Shield wins and a return to Champions League football, but none of those achievements will mean much without tangible success at the end of a full campaign.
Arteta must deliver a major trophy to validate progress
The pressure is now growing. Supporters have been patient and have backed the manager through his rebuild. Arsenal have come close, finishing second in the Premier League in consecutive seasons and making steady progress in Europe. However, close is no longer good enough.
Arteta must understand that all his good work will count for little if it is not backed up by a major trophy. The time for near-misses is over. Whether it is the Premier League, FA Cup or even success in Europe, the club cannot afford to go another season without silverware.
Whatever business Arsenal conduct in the transfer market over the next few weeks, it must all lead toward one goal, finally winning something meaningful again.
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Surely not ,there’s a 18 phase (process)
He’s under no pressure to deliver,he’s a world class manager and he just needs another 2 billion to get us back on top .
I for one cannot wait for the next 15 years to see what this one of a kind manager can bring to the club .
Joking aside ,he should have been gone by now ,he’s an egotistical tw5t who cannot back it up .
Mr excuse maker .
I dont think he does
I think the same fans will say ….top 4 not bad , let’s wait for Skelly and Nwaneri to develop and what else …..oh top 8 in CL table isn’t bad and of course ……the officials have an agenda lol
Is it bad to be in the top 4?
Are Skelly and Nwaneri not supposed to develop? Are you suggesting that we get rid of them?
Are you suggesting that it is bad to be amongst the top 8 in CL and reach the SF?
Exactly my point
You haven’t made any point. Just avoided answering the questions.
Top4 is vital. It’s the entry point to CL football and a means for the club to showcase itself internationally and of course, the spondulicks to buy talent, build and to keep building.
Saying top4 isn’t bad … isn’t bad. Winning is better obviously. Without top4 status, winning the league is just pie in the sky. Why did AW see the virtue of retaining top4 if it was meaningless/an excuse for failure to land the league after a number of years?
I doubt we’ll win $h1t with these signings (Nørgaard and Kepa) who are cheap, experienced and will plug holes.
Oh, I forgot we’re still hunting more Chelsea rejects.
Kroenke spent to take us back into the CL. Now we’re there, it’s all about remaining there. Little wonder we’re never linked with the best players in any league. Everything is about being financially smart and nothing about taking that next step to be among Europe’s true elite despite record revenues in previous seasons
As you say, it’s the necessary backfilling for depth, not the really key signings.
I’m holding my overall rating on this window until we see what happens there. Hopefully we know more by the time preseason kicks in, Berta and Arteta seem keen to get business done early, but as we all know, sometimes really exciting signings can even happen on deadline day!
Bergkampfwagen,
Exciting signings can even happen on deadline day.
Anyone remember what day the exciting Sterling deal was done.🙄🤦♂️🤷♂️
Haha I love super blond so-called Arsenal fans.
Once in the history of this great football club our fans could expect a title, but it’s a long time since the 30s. We can’t influence on what our opponents are doing, we can only hope it happens soon. COYG
Haha
No he doesn’t. He’s already taken Arsenal further than in recent times than anyone else. A trophy would be nice but it’s down to the team as well.
I doubt if Arteta will win any cup this coming season.
The signings so far does not give me any confidence.
I will make my final conclusion when the transfer window closes and I see the top class striker and left winger Arteta and Berta signs.
Yes, we will probably spend £200 million before we are finished in this window, please wait with the pathetic complaining until August 🙏😁
I think our net spend will be slightly under
I agree Dan, but with what’s going on it could be £240 million as well. I find it difficult to complain they are really trying to take us to the next level. For once let us give them some credit at least for trying.
Hmm, this whole ‘HAS TO win something’ narrative makes us sound like petulant brats. I agree, the aim has to be to win something but if we get to the CL final and lose and finish the season 2nd with 95 points but City/Liverpool somehow perform better, we’ll have to accept it wasn’t to be. Obviously this is all hypothetical but we need some realism. If the above happens and we say ‘Right Arteta, off you go’ we’d be very foolish indeed. And who’s this magical manager that could come in and win everything? Pep, Alonso and Enrique are already taken, not sure there’s anyone else good enough who’d move bar a shock departure like Flick or Slot. Grass isn’t always greener. We reinforce 2-3 positions up front (and well) I think we’re in for an exciting season.
At least Mr Kronkie seems to be out of the firing line if no trophy is forthcoming!!
Of course, that will all change if it seems he’s not prepared to invest at least £200 million in this window and then the blame could be shifted to him once again. lol
I do believe Arteta himself will walk away if no trophy is forthcoming.
So much depends on who we sign this window and it seems that three have already been signed, but let’s wait and see how many more come in.
We need to see a respite from the injuries, the crucial negative decisions by the officials and, more importantly, the type of football seen two seasons ago.
Of course, if that doesn’t happen, no new signings are made and we don’t spend around £200 million, but win a trophy, everyone will be happy, right?
I’m with you Didrik 👍
Thanks and Spot on ken1945.
We haven’t recruited Berta to write reports about the pitch quality 😉
Ken, we don’t earn much from the domestic cups,do we?
No, but for some it’s all about the glory.
Our successful CL run earnt us over £100 million equivalent to ten Carrabo cups and eight fa cups I do believe.
The CL money will help the club with the signings we need to make – meanwhile Newcastle and Palace have a shiny new trophy.
Mr Excuse maker stands out for me. He’ll never run out of excuses. You expect him to walk away? Another Wenger is here fam. Carabao cup, anything! Just win, give the team a taste of something.
Doom and gloom everywhere. We
Two quick questions for those fans who think that Arteta should/will carry on if there’s a trophyless 2025-26:
1) Name another major club where so much was spent and so little won over a similar period, and the coach kept his job? [hint: there isn’t one].
2)Why do you think that is?
I think Arteta’s position now would be stronger if Arsenal had won a few cups (FA, Carabao, Europa League) in the period since the FA Cup win. They haven’t though, and it looks bleaker as a result.
A couple of close-run league races, a CL SF, are “achievements” of sorts but they don’t, and never can, substitute for silverware in the club’s trophy cabinet. It’s what professional football at the top level is, ultimately, about.
There might not be another club – I really have no idea – but there was another manager. He kept his job , albeit at a difficult time financially and went on to win further trophies.
Comparing other clubs operating methods with Arsenal hasn’t made them successful necessarily. Lots and lots of money helps. Chopping and changing the manager was successful under Abramovitch but not as a general rule
I’m intrigued. Who is he?
I may be wrong, but I’ve a feeling you meant Wenger. Sorry, but if so there’s no comparison in the combination of time vs trophies won and expenditure. Anyway, Wenger’s continued longevity at Arsenal was based, in part at least, on his earlier successes there, which is not the case with Arteta.
Also, should Arsenal part company with Arteta next summer, it will hardly be “chopping and changing” will it. Arteta would by then be, I think, the longest serving Arsenal manager, excluding Wenger of course, since Terry Neill in the mid-1970s.
Only two teams of the “original” top 5 have not won the League and CL recently. Utd and Arsenal!!!!!! Chelsea, City and Liverpool all have won both in the last 10+ years. The big difference is both utd and Arsenal had the best two managers (Arsenal still failed to win the CL) but they haven’t now. We will not win anything with Arteta.
MUST!!! Even Europa League trophy couldn’t save neighbours Spurs manager. The ongoing. procurement is most importantly for Arteta himself. If he’s sacked he gets it hard to find another bigger club. Arteta already had the tag of ‘nearly’ manager. He found it difficult to cross the finish line. Even Arteta himself should thank Arsenal first for trusting to hire him and for giving him ample resources and time to realize his dreams. That is if the worst case scenario happens. Forbid! We become Champions 2025/26!!!.
I hope that, for the most part, we remain injury-free so we can give a good account of ourselves