Arsenal: Mikel Arteta's Gunners go another season without a trophy after Champions League exit to PSG - so what now?

8 May 2025, 06:07 | Updated: 8 May 2025, 18:39

When Mikel Arteta signed his new Arsenal contract in September, he was asked what his main objective is for the club. "To win," he said. "It has to be that. It has to be that aim."

Arsenal's need to take that next step has followed Arteta around all season, one where the Spaniard revealed he is in part four of a five-step plan for this club - the last of which is to "create a dynasty" by winning trophies.

"It generates belief," he told Sky Sports later in the season. "Experience of having been successful helps you with the other ones."

Arteta said those words last December, five years after being named Arsenal manager. But while there are dreams of a dynasty, the reality is he has now gone five years without a trophy. Only the FA Cup, six months into his tenure, has been acquired - and even that was a trophy which came out of the blue.

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