Since Mikel Arteta took over as manager, the club’s owners have demonstrated a strong commitment to strengthening the squad at the Emirates.
This support has enabled the Spanish coach to compete for major honours, and Arsenal is now closer than ever to winning some of them.
Fans are beginning to believe that a Premier League title could be within reach, and there have even been discussions about upgrading the Emirates Stadium.
The Emirates is an ultra-modern facility that was equipped with cutting-edge technology when it was built.
However, being over a decade old, it may be due for an upgrade. Pundit Keith Wyness believes Arsenal has the financial resources to both modernise the stadium and continue improving their squad.
He told Football Insider:
“Arsenal have got freedom now to upgrade the stadium and the squad.
“Kroenke has signalled that he wants to win the league, and Arteta is very focused on doing that as well.
“He’s a winner.
“There are enough resources for them to upgrade the Emirates and also keep that squad really current.”
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The squad IMHO only needs a couple players to fill things out nicely.
1. Striker to upgrade on Jesus, maybe even give Havertz some competition.
2. Midfielder to replace Jorghino & Partey, so we can play 2 and rotate between Rice, Merino, and new DM,
3. Nwaneri can cover for Odegaard, MLS can be the 4th FB, and
4.Heaven can be emergency CB while he develops.
5. Another winger to replace Sterling on loan would be nice as well.
All in all, probably just 3 additions in the Summer (Striker, DM, and winger) would fill out the squad quite nicely.
Arteta likes to play only 17 or maybe 18 similar to Pep, so the additions would provide quality cover and we could rotate without dropping quality or performance.
It would be great, of course, if they could do both. As the article suggests, a capacity increase at The Emirates is almost certainly out of the question. However, upgrading the existing stadium facilities is another matter and really needs to be done as Arsenal don’t generate the kind of matchday money from their stadium that, say, Sp*rs do even though the capacity difference is that great.
As to squad additions, with the CL money coming in this season there’s likely to be room for some improvements in the squad . I suspect that Arsenal will probably wait until next summer (barring long-term injuries before then) to assess what’s needed – and what’s available.
* the capacity difference isn’t that great.