Saliba demands step up from the Gunners
The Journal
|August 21, 2025
WILLIAM Saliba has vowed to give everything to ensure fourth time’s a charm as perennial runners-up Arsenal attempt to finally get their hands on the Premier League trophy.
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Mikel Arteta has transformed the Gunners into regular title contenders in recent years, but they have been unable to turn their improvements into silverware. Arsenal have finished second for the past three seasons, finishing just shy of champions Manchester City in 2022-23 and 2023-24 before ending up 10 points behind last season's winners Liverpool.
The near misses have made standout centre-back Saliba all the more determined to help the club win a first Premier League since the 2003-04 Invincibles, and a first major trophy since the 2020 FA Cup.
“Of course we've finished second for three years in a row, and we know that we always miss something,” the Arsenal defender said.
This story is from the August 21, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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