Arteta: Arsenal is ready to reach a different level this season
Arsenal’s Spanish coach, Mikel Arteta, said his team is ready to reach a
“different level” in the Premier League this season, noting that signing
Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko will help develop the younger
players in the team.
“We are ready to go to a different level and I am convinced of that,”
Arteta told reporters ahead of his first Premier League game of
the season at Crystal Palace later on Friday.
“What other teams are doing is clear, the others had a much stronger
team than we had, and they still sign 4 or 5 players and some of them
have 7 players,” he added.
“It won’t get easier, so we can just focus on what we’re trying to do and
what we can do, because we can’t do everything at the same time,” he added.
Arsenal, who finished fifth last season, signed Jesus and Zinchenko
from Manchester City for $91.04 million.
The pair were part of a highly successful team that won four league titles in
five seasons, and Arteta said their experience would benefit Arsenal’s younger players.
“These players were influenced by the great players and professionals
who won so many titles for many years and were looking at them,” Arteta said.
“Now it’s their turn to do the same and inspire those younger players
we have on our squad to do the same, to show what it takes to win,
the thirst for success and the dedication you need to keep winning.”
Arsenal is ready to reach a different level this season
