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If Man City improves next season, and Arsenal is still like this without any changes and updates in their squad, I think Arteta will start to have difficulty competing. Moreover, the competition is not only with Man City, but there are other teams like Liverpool who will also do better next season.
Liverpool might win the Premier League trophy, and it is possible that next season they will have the same target for the Premier League. Although there is a possibility that the competition will be tighter if Man City can be better next season.
Now the direction of competition for next season is starting to be seen, Man City is starting to make improvements after experiencing a bad period in the Guardiola era. The management immediately moved quickly in the January transfer market, several quality players were successfully brought in, perhaps they will spend money again when the summer transfer market opens.
Arsenal need a big breakthrough to compete with Liverpool and Man City because so far they have always been a regular team in the top four, but still have difficulty winning the title.