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I have the same thought, the club top brass, management and Arsenal fans will run out of patience if Arteta continues to fail to deliver trophies. Beating Madrid in the Champions League, and finishing second in the Premier League standings again is nothing to be proud of, it's not enough considering the amount of budget they have spent to build squad depth. If Arteta still fails to deliver trophies next season, and the club top brass still retain him as manager, I don't think anyone understands what they expect.
Meanwhile, to increase Arsenal bargaining power in the competition, and to bring them one step closer to winning trophies, Arteta certainly still needs additional energy to strengthen his squad. We know Arteta really needs a number 9 player, a pure striker who can consistently score goals in every match. If Arteta manages to get a quality striker in this transfer window, maybe they will be successful next season, even though we understand how tight the competition is in the Premier League.
Some people think Arsenal are not a serious title contender, and they have their reasons. One of the reasons I hear a lot is that Arsenal are too often a team that produces talented players and they tend to be successful at that rather than winning titles. Arsenal are good at business, but since Arteta has taken over, that seems to be fading because Arteta really wants to win titles.
Arteta has big ambitions with Arsenal every season, but he always fails in the second half of each season. Arsenal are unable to maintain their performance consistency and this is a very complicated problem to solve so far. Arteta must be able to fix the mentality of his players so that they are not good at the beginning and bad at the end, which is very bad for a coach who is starting to be considered one of the best in the Premier League.
That's not true. It is correct for last season that Arsenal was stronger in the first half, but the season before Arsenal got 40 points after 19 games and then in the second half they got 49 points and yet it was not enough to beat Manchester City because they 16 wins and 3 draws and ended the second half of the season with 51 points. That is why the EPL is the strongest league in Europe and in the world. If Arsenal wants to win that title, they need to play a season with almost perfect score. In 23/24 it was Manchester City playing on that level, in 24/25 it was Liverpool in the first half with 46 points.
Arsenal still is not quite there. I think what sets Manchester City or Liverpool apart is that they have a few players that play in their own league. Liverpool has Salah, Manchester City has Haaland and I wouldn't know whom to mention from Arsenal who fits into the same category.