Mikel Arteta interview: Arsenal manager says he envisaged lifting the Premier League title this weekend and discusses transfer plans

16 May 2025, 17:00 | Updated: 18 May 2025, 19:39

Mikel Arteta has revealed he envisaged Arsenal lifting the Premier League title on their final home game of this season - and has called on his club to boost his squad in the transfer window as part of a "very exciting summer".

Arsenal take on Newcastle on Super Sunday in their final home match of the season. The Gunners are 15 points behind Premier League champions Liverpool and could even lose second place to the Magpies if they lose.

It was a very different scenario from what the Arsenal manager envisaged in August.

"At the start of the season, if I had to visualise that moment, it would be playing the last home game on the final day and lifting the Premier League. That's what I had in my head," he told Sky Sports News' James Savundra in an exclusive interview.

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