10 reasons
why Arsenal
can win the
2014/2015
Premier
League
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Undoubtedly the best value of any of
the likely top four in the Premier
League this coming season is Arsenal.
Most bookies have Arsenal as fourth
favourites but of all the sides who will
be challenging we feel Arsene
Wenger’s side are best placed to
actually win the Premier League as
they have plenty of momentum from
the past few months both in terms of
silverware and in the transfer market.
Here are ten reasons why you should
back Arsenal to win the Premier
League and potentially cash in come
May 24, 2015.
1. Alexis Sanchez. Arsene Wenger
pulled off another masterstroke this
summer by bringing in the Chilean
World Cup star. A criminally
underused attacker at Barcelona,
Wenger used Luis Suarez’s move to
Catalonia to benefit Arsenal just as
Gareth Bale’s transfer to Real Madrid
enabled Arsenal to bring in Mesut Ozil.
Sanchez is no ordinary player. Chile’s
best player and a forward compared
to Cristiano Ronaldo during his time
at Udinese. In 27 starts for Barcelona
last season, he bagged 19 goals and
10 assists. With the confidence and
support he is set to gain from Wenger
and the Emirates crowd, it will be no
surprise to see Sanchez hit the
ground running.
2. Mesut Ozil. It became general
opinion that the German World Cup
winner struggled to truly make an
impact at Arsenal in his first season.
Undoubtedly he was a little off the
pace in the early part of 2014 but this
is a player who has claimed the FA
Cup and World Cup in recent months.
When Ozil did struggle a little, it was
just after Theo Walcott picked up his
season ending injury and Aaron
Ramsey was also laid off. With electric
runners in front such as Walcott and
Sanchez, combined with Ramsey
coming from deep, Ozil will surely rack
up a ton of assists. Last season the
majority of his assists came away
from home, with pace to burn in this
Arsenal side, it will likely be a similar
story in 2014/2015.
3. A core of young players have
come through together. Wojciech
Szczesny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron
Ramsey, Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-
Chamberlain and Jack Wilshere give
the Gunners a base of players that
have grown up together which every
successful side needs.
Whilst Wenger was constrained with
buying in players when Arsenal left
Highbury for the Emirates, The
Professor did a super job of building
the foundations of his new side with
English players, allowing him to
sprinkle in the Galacticos (Ozil and
Sanchez) when finances allowed.
4. Arsene Wenger . Three Premier
League titles leave Wenger as by far
the most experienced manager in
England’s top flight. Manuel Pellegrini
only tasted real European success in
the last campaign. Louis van Gaal is
new to the Premier League. Brendan
Rodgers has very little silverware on
his CV.
Which leaves just Jose Mourinho. And,
after the last few months, The Special
One (who went a whole campaign
with nothing tangible to show for it) is
looking a little lost in Wengr’s shadow.
Especially after the infamous
“Specialist in Failure” comment.
5. Mertesacker/Koscielny
partnership. When Arsenal lost 2-1 to
Spurs in March 2013, then Spurs boss
Andre Villas-Boas predicted that their
great north London rivals would hit a
“downward spiral.”
Instead, for the next game, Wenger
paired Laurent Koscielny with Per
Mertesacker in the centre of defence
and dropped Thomas Vermaelen.
Arsenal won 2-0 at Bayern Munich,
exited the Champions League for that
season, but never looked back.
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6. The return of Theo Walcott.
Before the England flyer got injured at
the beginning of 2014, he was in
supreme form. Five goals in six games
preceded a display against Tottenham
in the FA Cup where he performed as
a central striker and was excellent.
This season Walcott will be afforded
time to return properly and should be
rested accordingly. The twin pace
threat of Sanchez and Ozil is the type
that wins Premier League titles. And,
harks back to the days of Marc
Overmars and Freddie Ljungberg
motoring down the wings in Wenger
teams of days gone past.
7. Aaron Ramsey. The Welshman is
just 23. Like a host of other Arsenal
players in the squad, Aaron Ramsey is
not even close to hitting the peak of
his playing powers. Goals from
midfield are a precious commodity in
the Premier League and last season
appeared to signal that Ramsey can
do what the likes of Yaya Toure and
Frank Lampard have achieved
previously in England’s top flight.
8. More striker options. As it stands,
the reliance on Olivier Giroud appears
to be a problem from last season.
Yaya Sanogo impressed in pre-
season. Similarly, Joel Campbell was
one of the best players at the World
Cup.
Alexis Sanchez can also play centrally.
As can Theo Walcott. And, we haven’t
even mentioned Lukas Podolski, one
of the most accurate strikers of a ball
in English football.
There is strength throughout the
Arsenal squad, Nacho Monreal, Calum
Chambers, Tomas Rosicky and Santi
Cazorla for example, are all not
assured a place in the starting XI but
nevertheless are terrific players.
9. Silverware breeds more
trophies… The FA Cup win over Hull
was a big moment in Arsenal’s history.
Finally, the Gunners could put a new
trophy banner up at the Emirates and
the monkey on their back of no
silverware since 2004 was gone.
The Community Shield followed and
now Arsenal fans are yearning for a
Premier League title. There are
numerous examples of cup trophies
providing the impetus for further
silverware. One pertinent example is
George Graham’s Arsenal that started
with a 1987 League Cup win and
subsequently went on to plenty of
league and European success.
10. Arsenal’s new fitness coach Shad
Forsythe.
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