Arsène Wenger is confident his side will challenge for the title this season – and says they are well ahead of last summer’s preparations.
Wenger has already signed established internationals Lukas Podolski, Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla, and watched his side finish their pre-season schedule with a 4-0 win over FC Cologne on Sunday.
Arsenal recovered after a difficult start to finish third last season and Wenger believes they have the same desire to fight for honours this time around.
“We are in a much stronger position now because last summer we lost Nasri and Fabregas, and on top of that we lost Diaby and Wilshere [to injury],” he told Arsenal Player. “So we lost four players at the start of last season and that is not the case this time.
“We want to [compete for honours] and we have a desire to. We are up for it and what we want is to come out of the season and know we have given our best. I feel we did that last year, finishing third with the start we had.
“The first target is to do as well as we can in every single game and see where we stand at the end of the season. But of course we want to fight for the championship.”
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yea, wenger lets go 4 d championship.this is our year.guners til d end
for this season, i will be ok with an fa cup and carling cup win. a good position on the premiership log is welcome. with this the winning mentality will be improved and following season then we can compete for the premier league and champions league.
but we need to tighten up our defence. this is very key
Yap! for the first in my life as a gunner fan, manager AW as proven to be a the manager indeed. I strongly beleive Arsenal most win something this season. Go gunners and prove to the world that we are the indeed a good team and the best. Gunner till end. Johnmark 4rm Naija
Sure we need to fight for at least 2trophies this, i must comment on mr. Wenger’s job this transfer season, for signing 3 world class player in the persons of Lukas Podoski, Olivier Goroud and Santi Cazorla.. Good work prof!
Am very happy with the new player we sigh but wenger should try and do some about the defence we are lacking of defence.gunner till the end.
I love the players Arsenal have brought in. Looking forward to a great season. Can’t wait!