Arsenal legend Arsene Wenger reckons his former side’s chances of winning the Premier League title this season.
Mikel Arteta’s side sit at the top of the table having won five of their opening matches after six rounds of fixtures.
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They can go into the September general break ahead of pack position, expecting to beat Brentford at the Gtech People’s Arena on Sunday’s first evening.
Wenger brought the heavy-arms specialists through three affiliations – tying the club’s backline in 2003/04, going the entire 38-game season unbeaten – during his 22-year stay in North London, leaving in 2018 to take up a post at FIFA. As Head of Global Soccer Development.
The Frenchman rarely talks about his former club, but speaking like a learned man, he revealed his intensity in his speculation about the Gunners returning to the Patrons’ Association and seeking majors.
“I would agree that they are moving in the right direction. “I really think what’s going on in the group… they are energetic, promising players and they’ve had good performances this year,” Wenger said.
🗣 “My presence there could have been a problem.”
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“There is no strong build this season and the Gun Shop is getting an open door with the potential that is out there. We were in the top four and why not again? You couldn’t stop them from fighting for the title and in a perfect world they could have achieved it.”
The Reserves haven’t contested for the Premier League title since Wenger’s departure, although they didn’t actually finish in the top four at the start of 2016.
Short-substitute Unai Emery took the Stockpile to fifth place all year indeed. Arteta’s fourth-place finish to rivals Tottenham in the latest multi-day leg of the mission linked a string of consecutive eighth-place finishes that followed last season’s fifth-place finish.
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