Arsenal are busy in their pre-season games held in United States. The club has already played against Bournemouth which was held in California. The Gunners will now face Manchester United before facing Liverpool. After those games, Arsenal will travel back to London where they will play two more games. Recently Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta spoke about what they need to do to win the title. However, one Liverpool legend has not been impressed with Arteta’s comments.
Mikel Arteta wants to lift the Premier League trophy next season. Arsenal came very close to take City down for the past two years. However they lost the title both times due to a very small margin. One thing is sure that Arteta has transformed Arsenal and converted them into title challenging team. Mikel Arteta has been back by the board and done a great job in transfer market. Last year they signed Declan Rice for a club record fee of £105 million. Rice has been extremely important for Arsenal ever since his arrival.
Mikel Arteta has revealed that he wants to sign more players to improve his squad. The Spaniard thinks that the club is lacking in certain areas and they need to improve it fast. Arteta said that Arsenal are falling short in numbers and they should improve the squad and have better resources available. Later, Arteta said that they are close to winning the title. He added that the club will try and get more and hopefully win the title next season.
Liverpool legend tells Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta to stop giving excuses
Mikel Arteta’s words might be true. However, one Liverpool legend has not been impressed with Arteta’s recent comments. Steve Nicol who played as a right back for Liverpool told Mikel Arteta to shut up. In addition, he thinks that the Arsenal boss should not give excuses before the start of the season.
Nicol said to ESPN that he does not want to hear about Arteta talking about improving his squad. He said Arteta should not talk about improving positions or increasing the squad at this time of the year. Instead the former Scottish international wants to hear about positivity. He said Arsenal boss should talk about winning the league or making his available squad better.
Later Nicol made bold statement and asked Mikel Areta to shut up. In addition, Nicol said Arteta should be happy with the available players and try and win the league. To conclude, Nicol said that this is not the time to make excuses. He added, once the new season begins, Arteta will have enough time to make excuses.
Arsenal’s other ongoing activities
Arsenal are currently busy preparing for the next season as Mikel Arteta is determined to win the title. The club is currently in United States playing pre-season matches. Arsenal played against Bournemouth in their first pre-season game which ended 1-1 at the end of 90 minutes. The result was decided on penalties where Gunners won by 5-4. Fabio Vieira scored the goal for Arsenal while Karl Hein was voted man of the match. Hein made two important saves in the penalty shootout.
On the other hand, the board is busy in recruiting new players. The transfer market has been very quiet for Gunners. The only official activity completed now is turning David Raya’s contract from loan to permanent. Riccardo Calafiori is set to have his medicals at Arsenal and will join the squad in their pre-season games at United States. Along with Calafiori, the club wants to make atleast two more signings. The Gunners want to sign a holding midfielder and a consistent goal-scoring striker. Mikel Merino has been linked with a move to the Emirates.
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