Mikel Arteta interview: Arsenal manager believes this Premier League season and title race will be most difficult yet | Football News

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believes the Premier League competitors is “like nothing we’ve seen before” as he prepares his Gunners staff for the “most difficult” title race he is seen.

The Spaniard is getting into his fifth full season in north London and is seeking to finish Arsenal’s 22-year anticipate a top-flight title – after runners-up finishes in every of the final three years.

Arsenal have themselves been busy out there with six new signings totalling £200m in switch charges – however Liverpool and Chelsea have invested over £250m themselves, with Manchester City additionally boosting their expertise by £150m.

“The competition in the league now is like nothing we’ve seen before,” Arteta tells Sky Sports News’ Roman Kemp as he prepares his Arsenal staff for the brand new season.

“We all know that to win the Premier League you are going to should be completely glorious, the extent that’s going to be required goes to be one thing we have not skilled yet and all of us wish to win it.

“The level of the managers, the consistency of the squads that have been together now for years, the way they increased their potential in the squads, the understanding between players, quality they have brought, for sure it’s going to be the most difficult.”

Arsenal have misplaced out in three successive title races – twice to Man City and as soon as to Liverpool final season.

But in that point, no staff has picked up extra Premier League factors than the Gunners – with Arteta continuously saying that the one factor left for Arsenal to do is to win a trophy.

“I think you have to use it,” provides Arteta concerning the disappointment of the final three years.

“We need more points, that’s clear. We have more points than any other team in the Premier League in the last three seasons and we haven’t won the Premier League. But that means we’ve done so many things right.

“We missed a couple of factors in one of many seasons, and that is what we will attempt to do to be higher.”

‘Gyokeres may be very, very particular’

Arsenal will be boosted by a brand new centre ahead following the £63.5m signing of Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting CP.

The Swedish striker scored 39 league targets for the Portuguese membership final season and was instantly given the long-lasting No 14 shirt worn by membership legend Thierry Henry.

“That’s the recruitment process, that’s one of the things I was most interested in,” says Arteta when requested about Gyokeres’ selection of blouse quantity.

“We need to bring a player that can put that shirt on day one, walk into the dressing room and everybody says ‘He’s got it’. Viktor has definitely got that.

“He’s bought that charisma, he is bought that persona and he is a extremely assured boy. We’ve seen within the first few weeks already the best way he is appearing, the best way he behaves on the pitch. Everything is pure for him.

“When you take a look at his goalscoring document, we have not had a participant that has scored that many targets within the final two seasons. That killer intuition, that skill, that instinct contained in the field to get the ball and put it at the back of the online is one thing very, very particular.

“The level of threat he provides and fear in the opposition as well. That’s something that’s going to benefit the players around him.

“He offers us flexibility to assault otherwise, to threaten the opposition otherwise. Every time new blood is available in, one thing shakes and a brand new vitality seems.”

One of the primary massive choices Arteta has to make this season is whether or not to start out Gyokeres or Kai Havertz within the centre ahead function within the season opener in opposition to Manchester United, dwell on Sky Sports’ Super Sunday.

Both Havertz and Gyokeres scored in Arsenal’s remaining pre-season sport in opposition to Athletic Club – however Arteta is insistent that the pair might play alongside one another this season.

“Yes, they can play together,” says Arteta. “One of the biggest qualities of Kai especially is that he can play in various positions. He’s done that with us, he’s done that at the highest level.

“Now now we have choices; on the appropriate now we have choices, on the left now we have choices. That selection and that competitors internally for locations, the capability to influence the sport when we have to as nicely goes to be a distinct stage of risk.”

Meanwhile, Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard believes the signing of Gyokeres might create extra space for the membership’s different attacking gamers on the pitch.

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“It’s always different and you have to adapt,” says the Norwegian. “It’s the same with Viktor now; he has different qualities and you have to make sure you get the best out of each and every player.

“He’s an enormous boy and he’ll get lots of consideration and there’s going to be lots of speak about him, so possibly it leaves extra space for the remainder of us.

“I think we just have to use each quality of each player in the best possible way. That’s how I see it.”

Sky Sports to show 215 live Premier League games from this season

From this season, Sky Sports’ Premier League protection will improve from 128 matches to a minimum of 215 video games completely dwell.

And 80 per cent of all televised Premier League video games this season will be on Sky Sports.