‘Team to beat’ – John Obi Mikel names Premier League title favourites
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Arteta led Arsenal to their first Premier League triumph in 22 years (Picture: Getty) The Gunners finished the campaign with a seven-point advantage over City (Picture: Getty) ‘The good thing that you can say about this season is it is absolutely wide open, absolutely f***ing wide open, apart from Arsenal. ‘Apart from Arsenal… you can say [with Arsenal] that this is the team right now. ‘They’re settled, they have a manager who has been there for so many years, he’s built a team and a squad that has gone on to win the Premier League. ‘It doesn’t matter how they won it, they finally crossed the line. That’s what a lot of the Arsenal fans were saying: it doesn’t matter how we win it, let’s just cross the line and then we can talk about next season and how we want to play.’ To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Obi Mikel is intrigued to see whether Arteta alters his tactical approach this term, especially if he manages to bring in the players he wants in the summer transfer window.
They still have the best squad in the Premier League and he’s still strengthening the squad. ‘He’s still bringing in players, players that he wants, so they are the ones, if you have to say the ones to beat, but again, it comes down to how this Arsenal team plays this season. ‘Are they going to play pretty football? Obi Mikel believes Arteta has the best squad in the league (Picture: Getty) ‘He’s just using Arsenal to get a better deal at Real Madrid.
You don’t want that! ‘He’s trying to get a better deal, Real Madrid are trying to get a better deal, so I think he’s going to end up staying at Real Madrid.’ Guimaraes would be an excellent addition for Arsenal, according to Obi Mikel (Picture: Getty) Obi Mikel feels Vinicius’ fellow countryman Bruno Guimaraes is a far more realistic signing for Arsenal and may be the man to help Arteta’s side start playing some ‘attractive’ football this coming season. ‘He’s going to be a good signing for Arsenal,’ he said of the Newcastle midfielder. ‘I think him and Declan Rice in that midfield and Martin Odegaard is going to be good. ‘Mikel Arteta knows he has to play some attractive football this season. You can’t play the same way you played last season. ‘He knows he has to entertain the Arsenal fans because last season, what the fans were watching, it’s not what they wanted to watch, it’s not what they paid for.’ Are Arsenal favourites to win the title?