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Arsenal’s suddenly precarious situation has sparked fears of a further collapse for Arteta’s men. Having finished runners-up in the Premier League for the last three seasons, more and more voices are being raised to predict that they will go on to a fourth-place finish in a row. Such a turnaround would undoubtedly lead to calls for Arteta to resign, despite the progress made under the Spanish manager.<\/span><\/p>\n In his column, Carragher recalls that expectations have changed: only a major title would validate Arteta’s tactical progress.<\/span><\/p>\n In his column <\/span>au Telegraph<\/span>the former defender summed up the issue: \u201cFor Mikel Arteta, failure will be more costly than ever; the legitimacy of his method now rests on his ability to win the Premier League or a European Cup within two months. A title will erase all the criticism. Otherwise, the reconstruction phase will take place in a climate of resentment and reproaches. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n He added: \u201cArsenal fans won\u2019t like to hear it, but finishing second for the last three years has been a success. Finishing second in 2026 will undoubtedly be a failure. It’s supposed to be Arsenal’s time, but the last push to win a major trophy is always the hardest. Football is full of examples of teams that narrowly failed and presented the following season in a positive light. More often than not, this next step is a step backwards. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arsenal’s suddenly precarious situation has sparked fears of a further collapse for Arteta’s men. Having finished runners-up in the Premier League for the last three seasons, more and more voices are being raised to predict that they will go on to a fourth-place finish in a row. Such a turnaround would undoubtedly lead to calls […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}