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Arsenal have agreed a \u00a351m deal to sign Ezri Konsa from Aston Villa.\n<\/p>\n
Arsenal are currently looking for a new defender with William Saliba out for an extended period of time, with Jurrien Timber also sidelined with a long-term groin problem.<\/p>\n
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\n \n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n Sky Sports’ Danyal Khan brings the latest on Ezri Konsa, as Arsenal agree a deal with Aston Villa for the defender.<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nIf he is not signed in time for Arsenal’s opening Premier League game against Coventry on Friday, Konsa’s Arsenal debut could take place away at Aston Villa, live on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football <\/em>on August 31.<\/p>\nThe Gunners’ interest in Konsa has lasted all summer with Villa initially valuing him at \u00a360m – a valuation Arsenal were unwilling to meet.<\/p>\nThe 28-year-old, who had two years remaining on his contract at Villa, was not part of Unai Emery’s squad for the UEFA Super Cup defeat to Paris Saint-Germain last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n \n Friday 21st August 6:30pm\n <\/span>\n \n Kick off 8:00pm\n <\/span><\/p>\n\n \n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nAnalysis: Konsa is a perfect Arteta player – here’s why<\/h3>\nSky Sports’ Sam Blitz<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\nIf there’s one thing you need to know about Mikel Arteta, it’s that he loves players that win duels. Nobody was better at it than Ezri Konsa last season.<\/p>\nThe England international won more duels on the ground than any other Premier League player last season – finishing quite some distance ahead of his nearest challengers Virgil van Dijk and Gabriel – who looks set to be his team-mate next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n Image:<\/span>\n Konsa had the best ground duel success rate out of any Premier League defender last season\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nArsenal are in need of defensive reinforcement this summer with both William Saliba and Jurrien Timber both out injured, so need a player who can cover both right-back and centre-back roles.<\/p>\nThe Gunners do have Cristhian Mosquera and Ben White as cover in those roles – and both performed well in the Community Shield win over Manchester City – but the latter has a difficult injury record over the last two seasons.<\/p>\nArsenal also saw the importance of having good depth at right-back when Mosquera was forced to start the Champions League final with PSG out of position – which then resulted in the young Spaniard conceding a penalty.<\/p>\nShould a move for Konsa be completed, Arsenal have filled an important part of their team – and would be very close to completing their transfer window from an incomings point of view.<\/p>\nCan they find the forward player they have been looking the whole window for?<\/p>\nArteta: Arsenal want to be the best club in the world<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\nPlease use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n \n \n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n Sky Sports’ Rob Dorsett talks to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta about the club having the ‘ambition and desire’ to win back-to-back Premier League titles and how they are targeting elite players to be the best club in the world<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nArteta is excited to keep building Arsenal after their Premier League win, vowing to make them “the best club in the world”.<\/p>\n“It’s certainly the ambition of the club and the owners to be the best club in the world,” he told Sky Sports <\/em>at a Premier League launch event ahead of their Friday night opener against Coventry, live on Sky<\/em>.<\/p>\n“In order to do that, you need the best facilities, the best stadium, the best supporters, and you need the best squad and the best players in the world.<\/p>\n“Those are the ones that win you football matches and the ones that can be decisive when it matters.<\/p>\n“That’s what we try to build with the actual players that we have, and with the players that we want to sign to make the difference for Arsenal.”<\/p>\nArsenal go into the season as outright favourites to retain their title, with that status further underlined by their comfortable 3-0 win over Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield. 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\n <\/div>\n Sky Sports’ Danyal Khan brings the latest on Ezri Konsa, as Arsenal agree a deal with Aston Villa for the defender.<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nIf he is not signed in time for Arsenal’s opening Premier League game against Coventry on Friday, Konsa’s Arsenal debut could take place away at Aston Villa, live on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football <\/em>on August 31.<\/p>\nThe Gunners’ interest in Konsa has lasted all summer with Villa initially valuing him at \u00a360m – a valuation Arsenal were unwilling to meet.<\/p>\nThe 28-year-old, who had two years remaining on his contract at Villa, was not part of Unai Emery’s squad for the UEFA Super Cup defeat to Paris Saint-Germain last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n \n Friday 21st August 6:30pm\n <\/span>\n \n Kick off 8:00pm\n <\/span><\/p>\n\n \n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nAnalysis: Konsa is a perfect Arteta player – here’s why<\/h3>\nSky Sports’ Sam Blitz<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\nIf there’s one thing you need to know about Mikel Arteta, it’s that he loves players that win duels. Nobody was better at it than Ezri Konsa last season.<\/p>\nThe England international won more duels on the ground than any other Premier League player last season – finishing quite some distance ahead of his nearest challengers Virgil van Dijk and Gabriel – who looks set to be his team-mate next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n Image:<\/span>\n Konsa had the best ground duel success rate out of any Premier League defender last season\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nArsenal are in need of defensive reinforcement this summer with both William Saliba and Jurrien Timber both out injured, so need a player who can cover both right-back and centre-back roles.<\/p>\nThe Gunners do have Cristhian Mosquera and Ben White as cover in those roles – and both performed well in the Community Shield win over Manchester City – but the latter has a difficult injury record over the last two seasons.<\/p>\nArsenal also saw the importance of having good depth at right-back when Mosquera was forced to start the Champions League final with PSG out of position – which then resulted in the young Spaniard conceding a penalty.<\/p>\nShould a move for Konsa be completed, Arsenal have filled an important part of their team – and would be very close to completing their transfer window from an incomings point of view.<\/p>\nCan they find the forward player they have been looking the whole window for?<\/p>\nArteta: Arsenal want to be the best club in the world<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\nPlease use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n \n \n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n Sky Sports’ Rob Dorsett talks to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta about the club having the ‘ambition and desire’ to win back-to-back Premier League titles and how they are targeting elite players to be the best club in the world<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nArteta is excited to keep building Arsenal after their Premier League win, vowing to make them “the best club in the world”.<\/p>\n“It’s certainly the ambition of the club and the owners to be the best club in the world,” he told Sky Sports <\/em>at a Premier League launch event ahead of their Friday night opener against Coventry, live on Sky<\/em>.<\/p>\n“In order to do that, you need the best facilities, the best stadium, the best supporters, and you need the best squad and the best players in the world.<\/p>\n“Those are the ones that win you football matches and the ones that can be decisive when it matters.<\/p>\n“That’s what we try to build with the actual players that we have, and with the players that we want to sign to make the difference for Arsenal.”<\/p>\nArsenal go into the season as outright favourites to retain their title, with that status further underlined by their comfortable 3-0 win over Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield. 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Sky Sports’ Danyal Khan brings the latest on Ezri Konsa, as Arsenal agree a deal with Aston Villa for the defender.<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nIf he is not signed in time for Arsenal’s opening Premier League game against Coventry on Friday, Konsa’s Arsenal debut could take place away at Aston Villa, live on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football <\/em>on August 31.<\/p>\nThe Gunners’ interest in Konsa has lasted all summer with Villa initially valuing him at \u00a360m – a valuation Arsenal were unwilling to meet.<\/p>\nThe 28-year-old, who had two years remaining on his contract at Villa, was not part of Unai Emery’s squad for the UEFA Super Cup defeat to Paris Saint-Germain last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n \n Friday 21st August 6:30pm\n <\/span>\n \n Kick off 8:00pm\n <\/span><\/p>\n\n \n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nAnalysis: Konsa is a perfect Arteta player – here’s why<\/h3>\nSky Sports’ Sam Blitz<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\nIf there’s one thing you need to know about Mikel Arteta, it’s that he loves players that win duels. Nobody was better at it than Ezri Konsa last season.<\/p>\nThe England international won more duels on the ground than any other Premier League player last season – finishing quite some distance ahead of his nearest challengers Virgil van Dijk and Gabriel – who looks set to be his team-mate next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n Image:<\/span>\n Konsa had the best ground duel success rate out of any Premier League defender last season\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nArsenal are in need of defensive reinforcement this summer with both William Saliba and Jurrien Timber both out injured, so need a player who can cover both right-back and centre-back roles.<\/p>\nThe Gunners do have Cristhian Mosquera and Ben White as cover in those roles – and both performed well in the Community Shield win over Manchester City – but the latter has a difficult injury record over the last two seasons.<\/p>\nArsenal also saw the importance of having good depth at right-back when Mosquera was forced to start the Champions League final with PSG out of position – which then resulted in the young Spaniard conceding a penalty.<\/p>\nShould a move for Konsa be completed, Arsenal have filled an important part of their team – and would be very close to completing their transfer window from an incomings point of view.<\/p>\nCan they find the forward player they have been looking the whole window for?<\/p>\nArteta: Arsenal want to be the best club in the world<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\nPlease use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n \n \n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n Sky Sports’ Rob Dorsett talks to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta about the club having the ‘ambition and desire’ to win back-to-back Premier League titles and how they are targeting elite players to be the best club in the world<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nArteta is excited to keep building Arsenal after their Premier League win, vowing to make them “the best club in the world”.<\/p>\n“It’s certainly the ambition of the club and the owners to be the best club in the world,” he told Sky Sports <\/em>at a Premier League launch event ahead of their Friday night opener against Coventry, live on Sky<\/em>.<\/p>\n“In order to do that, you need the best facilities, the best stadium, the best supporters, and you need the best squad and the best players in the world.<\/p>\n“Those are the ones that win you football matches and the ones that can be decisive when it matters.<\/p>\n“That’s what we try to build with the actual players that we have, and with the players that we want to sign to make the difference for Arsenal.”<\/p>\nArsenal go into the season as outright favourites to retain their title, with that status further underlined by their comfortable 3-0 win over Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield. 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If he is not signed in time for Arsenal’s opening Premier League game against Coventry on Friday, Konsa’s Arsenal debut could take place away at Aston Villa, live on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football <\/em>on August 31.<\/p>\nThe Gunners’ interest in Konsa has lasted all summer with Villa initially valuing him at \u00a360m – a valuation Arsenal were unwilling to meet.<\/p>\nThe 28-year-old, who had two years remaining on his contract at Villa, was not part of Unai Emery’s squad for the UEFA Super Cup defeat to Paris Saint-Germain last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n \n Friday 21st August 6:30pm\n <\/span>\n \n Kick off 8:00pm\n <\/span><\/p>\n\n \n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nAnalysis: Konsa is a perfect Arteta player – here’s why<\/h3>\nSky Sports’ Sam Blitz<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\nIf there’s one thing you need to know about Mikel Arteta, it’s that he loves players that win duels. Nobody was better at it than Ezri Konsa last season.<\/p>\nThe England international won more duels on the ground than any other Premier League player last season – finishing quite some distance ahead of his nearest challengers Virgil van Dijk and Gabriel – who looks set to be his team-mate next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n Image:<\/span>\n Konsa had the best ground duel success rate out of any Premier League defender last season\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nArsenal are in need of defensive reinforcement this summer with both William Saliba and Jurrien Timber both out injured, so need a player who can cover both right-back and centre-back roles.<\/p>\nThe Gunners do have Cristhian Mosquera and Ben White as cover in those roles – and both performed well in the Community Shield win over Manchester City – but the latter has a difficult injury record over the last two seasons.<\/p>\nArsenal also saw the importance of having good depth at right-back when Mosquera was forced to start the Champions League final with PSG out of position – which then resulted in the young Spaniard conceding a penalty.<\/p>\nShould a move for Konsa be completed, Arsenal have filled an important part of their team – and would be very close to completing their transfer window from an incomings point of view.<\/p>\nCan they find the forward player they have been looking the whole window for?<\/p>\nArteta: Arsenal want to be the best club in the world<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\nPlease use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n \n \n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n Sky Sports’ Rob Dorsett talks to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta about the club having the ‘ambition and desire’ to win back-to-back Premier League titles and how they are targeting elite players to be the best club in the world<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nArteta is excited to keep building Arsenal after their Premier League win, vowing to make them “the best club in the world”.<\/p>\n“It’s certainly the ambition of the club and the owners to be the best club in the world,” he told Sky Sports <\/em>at a Premier League launch event ahead of their Friday night opener against Coventry, live on Sky<\/em>.<\/p>\n“In order to do that, you need the best facilities, the best stadium, the best supporters, and you need the best squad and the best players in the world.<\/p>\n“Those are the ones that win you football matches and the ones that can be decisive when it matters.<\/p>\n“That’s what we try to build with the actual players that we have, and with the players that we want to sign to make the difference for Arsenal.”<\/p>\nArsenal go into the season as outright favourites to retain their title, with that status further underlined by their comfortable 3-0 win over Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield. 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The Gunners’ interest in Konsa has lasted all summer with Villa initially valuing him at \u00a360m – a valuation Arsenal were unwilling to meet.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old, who had two years remaining on his contract at Villa, was not part of Unai Emery’s squad for the UEFA Super Cup defeat to Paris Saint-Germain last week.<\/p>\n
Sky Sports’ Sam Blitz<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\nIf there’s one thing you need to know about Mikel Arteta, it’s that he loves players that win duels. Nobody was better at it than Ezri Konsa last season.<\/p>\nThe England international won more duels on the ground than any other Premier League player last season – finishing quite some distance ahead of his nearest challengers Virgil van Dijk and Gabriel – who looks set to be his team-mate next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n Image:<\/span>\n Konsa had the best ground duel success rate out of any Premier League defender last season\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nArsenal are in need of defensive reinforcement this summer with both William Saliba and Jurrien Timber both out injured, so need a player who can cover both right-back and centre-back roles.<\/p>\nThe Gunners do have Cristhian Mosquera and Ben White as cover in those roles – and both performed well in the Community Shield win over Manchester City – but the latter has a difficult injury record over the last two seasons.<\/p>\nArsenal also saw the importance of having good depth at right-back when Mosquera was forced to start the Champions League final with PSG out of position – which then resulted in the young Spaniard conceding a penalty.<\/p>\nShould a move for Konsa be completed, Arsenal have filled an important part of their team – and would be very close to completing their transfer window from an incomings point of view.<\/p>\nCan they find the forward player they have been looking the whole window for?<\/p>\nArteta: Arsenal want to be the best club in the world<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\nPlease use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n \n \n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n Sky Sports’ Rob Dorsett talks to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta about the club having the ‘ambition and desire’ to win back-to-back Premier League titles and how they are targeting elite players to be the best club in the world<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nArteta is excited to keep building Arsenal after their Premier League win, vowing to make them “the best club in the world”.<\/p>\n“It’s certainly the ambition of the club and the owners to be the best club in the world,” he told Sky Sports <\/em>at a Premier League launch event ahead of their Friday night opener against Coventry, live on Sky<\/em>.<\/p>\n“In order to do that, you need the best facilities, the best stadium, the best supporters, and you need the best squad and the best players in the world.<\/p>\n“Those are the ones that win you football matches and the ones that can be decisive when it matters.<\/p>\n“That’s what we try to build with the actual players that we have, and with the players that we want to sign to make the difference for Arsenal.”<\/p>\nArsenal go into the season as outright favourites to retain their title, with that status further underlined by their comfortable 3-0 win over Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield. 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If there’s one thing you need to know about Mikel Arteta, it’s that he loves players that win duels. Nobody was better at it than Ezri Konsa last season.<\/p>\n
The England international won more duels on the ground than any other Premier League player last season – finishing quite some distance ahead of his nearest challengers Virgil van Dijk and Gabriel – who looks set to be his team-mate next season.<\/p>\n
Arsenal are in need of defensive reinforcement this summer with both William Saliba and Jurrien Timber both out injured, so need a player who can cover both right-back and centre-back roles.<\/p>\n
The Gunners do have Cristhian Mosquera and Ben White as cover in those roles – and both performed well in the Community Shield win over Manchester City – but the latter has a difficult injury record over the last two seasons.<\/p>\n
Arsenal also saw the importance of having good depth at right-back when Mosquera was forced to start the Champions League final with PSG out of position – which then resulted in the young Spaniard conceding a penalty.<\/p>\n
Should a move for Konsa be completed, Arsenal have filled an important part of their team – and would be very close to completing their transfer window from an incomings point of view.<\/p>\n
Can they find the forward player they have been looking the whole window for?<\/p>\n
<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\nPlease use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n \n \n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n Sky Sports’ Rob Dorsett talks to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta about the club having the ‘ambition and desire’ to win back-to-back Premier League titles and how they are targeting elite players to be the best club in the world<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nArteta is excited to keep building Arsenal after their Premier League win, vowing to make them “the best club in the world”.<\/p>\n“It’s certainly the ambition of the club and the owners to be the best club in the world,” he told Sky Sports <\/em>at a Premier League launch event ahead of their Friday night opener against Coventry, live on Sky<\/em>.<\/p>\n“In order to do that, you need the best facilities, the best stadium, the best supporters, and you need the best squad and the best players in the world.<\/p>\n“Those are the ones that win you football matches and the ones that can be decisive when it matters.<\/p>\n“That’s what we try to build with the actual players that we have, and with the players that we want to sign to make the difference for Arsenal.”<\/p>\nArsenal go into the season as outright favourites to retain their title, with that status further underlined by their comfortable 3-0 win over Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield. Arteta, however, says he is more than comfortable with the position of being the frontrunners.<\/p>\n“This is part of our industry, and that’s okay,” he said. “For me, it’s when I look into the eyes of my players and I see that fire, that desire and the will to be better every single day. That’s the only thing that I care about.”<\/p>\nThe weight of history is against Arsenal defending their trophy, however. Arsenal have not defended the top-flight title since the 1930s. It is another milestone Arteta is keen to overcome.<\/p>\n“That’s an opportunity that we have ahead, and we are very conscious of what it’s going to take to deliver that,” he said. “But I feel the ambition, I feel the desire, and I feel the ability and the conviction around the team that we can do it.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have agreed a \u00a351m deal to sign Ezri Konsa from Aston Villa. Arsenal are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n \n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n Sky Sports’ Rob Dorsett talks to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta about the club having the ‘ambition and desire’ to win back-to-back Premier League titles and how they are targeting elite players to be the best club in the world<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nArteta is excited to keep building Arsenal after their Premier League win, vowing to make them “the best club in the world”.<\/p>\n“It’s certainly the ambition of the club and the owners to be the best club in the world,” he told Sky Sports <\/em>at a Premier League launch event ahead of their Friday night opener against Coventry, live on Sky<\/em>.<\/p>\n“In order to do that, you need the best facilities, the best stadium, the best supporters, and you need the best squad and the best players in the world.<\/p>\n“Those are the ones that win you football matches and the ones that can be decisive when it matters.<\/p>\n“That’s what we try to build with the actual players that we have, and with the players that we want to sign to make the difference for Arsenal.”<\/p>\nArsenal go into the season as outright favourites to retain their title, with that status further underlined by their comfortable 3-0 win over Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield. Arteta, however, says he is more than comfortable with the position of being the frontrunners.<\/p>\n“This is part of our industry, and that’s okay,” he said. “For me, it’s when I look into the eyes of my players and I see that fire, that desire and the will to be better every single day. That’s the only thing that I care about.”<\/p>\nThe weight of history is against Arsenal defending their trophy, however. Arsenal have not defended the top-flight title since the 1930s. It is another milestone Arteta is keen to overcome.<\/p>\n“That’s an opportunity that we have ahead, and we are very conscious of what it’s going to take to deliver that,” he said. “But I feel the ambition, I feel the desire, and I feel the ability and the conviction around the team that we can do it.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have agreed a \u00a351m deal to sign Ezri Konsa from Aston Villa. Arsenal are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n <\/div>\n Sky Sports’ Rob Dorsett talks to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta about the club having the ‘ambition and desire’ to win back-to-back Premier League titles and how they are targeting elite players to be the best club in the world<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nArteta is excited to keep building Arsenal after their Premier League win, vowing to make them “the best club in the world”.<\/p>\n“It’s certainly the ambition of the club and the owners to be the best club in the world,” he told Sky Sports <\/em>at a Premier League launch event ahead of their Friday night opener against Coventry, live on Sky<\/em>.<\/p>\n“In order to do that, you need the best facilities, the best stadium, the best supporters, and you need the best squad and the best players in the world.<\/p>\n“Those are the ones that win you football matches and the ones that can be decisive when it matters.<\/p>\n“That’s what we try to build with the actual players that we have, and with the players that we want to sign to make the difference for Arsenal.”<\/p>\nArsenal go into the season as outright favourites to retain their title, with that status further underlined by their comfortable 3-0 win over Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield. Arteta, however, says he is more than comfortable with the position of being the frontrunners.<\/p>\n“This is part of our industry, and that’s okay,” he said. “For me, it’s when I look into the eyes of my players and I see that fire, that desire and the will to be better every single day. That’s the only thing that I care about.”<\/p>\nThe weight of history is against Arsenal defending their trophy, however. Arsenal have not defended the top-flight title since the 1930s. It is another milestone Arteta is keen to overcome.<\/p>\n“That’s an opportunity that we have ahead, and we are very conscious of what it’s going to take to deliver that,” he said. “But I feel the ambition, I feel the desire, and I feel the ability and the conviction around the team that we can do it.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have agreed a \u00a351m deal to sign Ezri Konsa from Aston Villa. Arsenal are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Sky Sports’ Rob Dorsett talks to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta about the club having the ‘ambition and desire’ to win back-to-back Premier League titles and how they are targeting elite players to be the best club in the world<\/span>\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nArteta is excited to keep building Arsenal after their Premier League win, vowing to make them “the best club in the world”.<\/p>\n“It’s certainly the ambition of the club and the owners to be the best club in the world,” he told Sky Sports <\/em>at a Premier League launch event ahead of their Friday night opener against Coventry, live on Sky<\/em>.<\/p>\n“In order to do that, you need the best facilities, the best stadium, the best supporters, and you need the best squad and the best players in the world.<\/p>\n“Those are the ones that win you football matches and the ones that can be decisive when it matters.<\/p>\n“That’s what we try to build with the actual players that we have, and with the players that we want to sign to make the difference for Arsenal.”<\/p>\nArsenal go into the season as outright favourites to retain their title, with that status further underlined by their comfortable 3-0 win over Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield. Arteta, however, says he is more than comfortable with the position of being the frontrunners.<\/p>\n“This is part of our industry, and that’s okay,” he said. “For me, it’s when I look into the eyes of my players and I see that fire, that desire and the will to be better every single day. That’s the only thing that I care about.”<\/p>\nThe weight of history is against Arsenal defending their trophy, however. Arsenal have not defended the top-flight title since the 1930s. It is another milestone Arteta is keen to overcome.<\/p>\n“That’s an opportunity that we have ahead, and we are very conscious of what it’s going to take to deliver that,” he said. “But I feel the ambition, I feel the desire, and I feel the ability and the conviction around the team that we can do it.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have agreed a \u00a351m deal to sign Ezri Konsa from Aston Villa. Arsenal are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Arteta is excited to keep building Arsenal after their Premier League win, vowing to make them “the best club in the world”.<\/p>\n
“It’s certainly the ambition of the club and the owners to be the best club in the world,” he told Sky Sports <\/em>at a Premier League launch event ahead of their Friday night opener against Coventry, live on Sky<\/em>.<\/p>\n“In order to do that, you need the best facilities, the best stadium, the best supporters, and you need the best squad and the best players in the world.<\/p>\n“Those are the ones that win you football matches and the ones that can be decisive when it matters.<\/p>\n“That’s what we try to build with the actual players that we have, and with the players that we want to sign to make the difference for Arsenal.”<\/p>\nArsenal go into the season as outright favourites to retain their title, with that status further underlined by their comfortable 3-0 win over Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield. Arteta, however, says he is more than comfortable with the position of being the frontrunners.<\/p>\n“This is part of our industry, and that’s okay,” he said. “For me, it’s when I look into the eyes of my players and I see that fire, that desire and the will to be better every single day. That’s the only thing that I care about.”<\/p>\nThe weight of history is against Arsenal defending their trophy, however. Arsenal have not defended the top-flight title since the 1930s. It is another milestone Arteta is keen to overcome.<\/p>\n“That’s an opportunity that we have ahead, and we are very conscious of what it’s going to take to deliver that,” he said. “But I feel the ambition, I feel the desire, and I feel the ability and the conviction around the team that we can do it.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have agreed a \u00a351m deal to sign Ezri Konsa from Aston Villa. Arsenal are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
“In order to do that, you need the best facilities, the best stadium, the best supporters, and you need the best squad and the best players in the world.<\/p>\n
“Those are the ones that win you football matches and the ones that can be decisive when it matters.<\/p>\n
“That’s what we try to build with the actual players that we have, and with the players that we want to sign to make the difference for Arsenal.”<\/p>\n
Arsenal go into the season as outright favourites to retain their title, with that status further underlined by their comfortable 3-0 win over Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield. Arteta, however, says he is more than comfortable with the position of being the frontrunners.<\/p>\n
“This is part of our industry, and that’s okay,” he said. “For me, it’s when I look into the eyes of my players and I see that fire, that desire and the will to be better every single day. That’s the only thing that I care about.”<\/p>\n
The weight of history is against Arsenal defending their trophy, however. Arsenal have not defended the top-flight title since the 1930s. It is another milestone Arteta is keen to overcome.<\/p>\n
“That’s an opportunity that we have ahead, and we are very conscious of what it’s going to take to deliver that,” he said. “But I feel the ambition, I feel the desire, and I feel the ability and the conviction around the team that we can do it.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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