Claudio Ranieri’s side completed a remarkable triumph, leaving Wenger and his side second and still without a league title since 2004.
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“When I heard some of the comments and heard some of the managers criticising that, I don’t think they ever have this problem because, to have this problem, you need to be at one of the top clubs in the world”.
Squillaci spent three seasons at the Emirates and is now currently getting ready for Bastia’s first game of the new Ligue 1 season on Friday.
“You would understand you could lose against City, United, Liverpool or Tottenham – not Tottenham!”
In a season where the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United all disappointed, Arsenal should have perhaps managed to claim the title last term but the Gunners fell short once again, this time to shock champions Leicester City.
If Leicester hangs onto Mahrez, at least for one more season, the club will consider it a major victory. If you want quality people, you have to pay the amount of money.
But even then, Wenger will only have him and Chambers for the first eight weeks, a stretch that will include two Champions League contests. I expect Arsenal to do very well – I think they will be at the top end of the league’.
However, Wenger’s latest update casts doubt over Wilshere’s availability for the big kick off as the Arsenal boss offers no indication that the midfielder is on the verge of returning to action from his latest injury.
It is reported that Pep Guardiola does not see a role for the 27-year old in his team and that Wenger sees him as the best option to bolster his forward line.
“His preparation was encouraging – he had a little, little setback recently but it looks very minor”.
We personally believe that this German-French (Mustafi-Koscielny) centre back pairing could really work wonders, but before that, we would love to compare both the star defenders and will try to figure it out that who amongst both had a better 2015-16 season.
As great as relegating Newcastle (I don’t care what they say, we mathematically helped send them down) felt in May I feel it’s a sad thing if that’s what we remember from the last few years.
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“For me, he has been great over the years and he continues to be”.
