Football Daily | What factors will emerge to stop Arsenal winning the Premier League this time?

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!The last time Arsenal notched up three consecutive second-place finishes in the top flight, they went on to win the league fairly comfortably the following season, beating Liverpool by seven points. With Mikel Arteta now in Phase 19 of the five-phase plan he embarked on to establish his side as champions, trophy-hungry fans of the club will be hoping he can emulate his predecessor, Arsène Wenger, by masterminding a successful title tilt after back-to-back-to-back finishes as runners-up. During his time at Arsenal, Arteta has left virtually no stone unturned in his attempts to maximise the potential of his squad, using opposing team’s anthems, a team of pickpockets, a longwinded metaphor involving lightbulbs, a training ground labrador, a bowl of lemons and an olive tree in his as yet unsuccessful efforts to get them over the line and on to the Premier League winners’ podium in May.It’s a dream come true. LA - what a city. If I’m honest, it was not my first choice … but [LAFC co-chief suit] John [Thorrington] changed my mind, changed my heart, my brain” – Son Heung-min on the powers of persuasion that led made him decide that a move to the USA USA USA was what he wanted after all. After being asked if he could win the World Cup for the USA USA USA, he might be having doubts again.An owner, a scout, an agent and a player go into an (unredacted) bar (yesterday’s Still Want More? – full email edition). The scout says ‘Mine’s a pint’. The agent says ‘Mine’s a pint’. The owner says ‘I’m buying, what’s yours Harry?’ The player says ‘My name’s not Harry’” – Max Maxwell.Come on, that’s never Cristiano Ronaldo (yesterday’s Memory Lane – full email edition). Me thinks there’s a bit of penny pinching at Madame Tussauds and they’ve just whacked a Portugal kit on to a surplus to requirements Jacob from Twilight model” – David Bell.Sympathies for John Millard for his letter o’ the day prize. No offence to Football Weekly, but dreck merch? Make mine a prizeless letter o’ the Day” – Steve Mintz.His interest in nominative determinism made me wonder what Harry Piano (yesterday’s letters) does for a living. After asking generative AI for an illustration of Hairy Piano at work, I’ve decided I would actually rather not know” – Dan Davis.Just a short, tear-stained note about Son Heung-min’s career in England. He went to Germany very young and without a word of German. England, very young, without a word of English and in a high pressure world in which Asian footballers, few in number, were largely disregarded, looked down on as being not tough enough, big enough or even man enough. Perhaps great stamina and running might be mentioned, the ‘praise’ given to Park Ji-sung who deserved much more appreciation. To play at world class level for half a dozen of his years at Spurs, to lead them at last to a European trophy, to win a Golden Boot with some wondrous goals (with no penalty-taking because of Kane), to win the Puskas prize with that astonishing run and finish at Burnley, to be Asian footballer of the year so often, captain of his national team and to transform the whole profile of the sport in his home country and perhaps beyond, that is an extraordinary achievement … what a man, what a player” – Michael Gilsenan. Continue reading...

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