Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has revealed that the players are ready to end their trophy drought in the 2025-26 Premier League season.
The Gunners are preparing for the new season after finishing second behind champions Liverpool in the 2024-25 season.
Arteta has not won a trophy since lifting the FA Cup in his debut season in charge in 2019/20.
However, he has transformed Arsenal back into serial contenders for major trophies.
Arsenal have finished second in the Premier League for the past three years and reached the Champions League semifinals for the first time since 2009 last season.
The Gunners have invested heavily on the squad with the likes of Viktor Gyokeres, midfielders Martin Zubimendi and Christian Norgaard, centre-back Cristhian Mosquera as well as winger Noni Madueke and goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga joining the club ahead of the new season.
Arteta believes the players will add quality to the team to improve their chances of ending their five-year trophy drought.
He said: “We know what our targets are and what we want to achieve this season – there is a big belief in our ability to achieve that.
“We have been very, very close the last few seasons and the whole team is going to determine whether we achieve that or not.
“But at the same time, we have to make sure that we don’t lose sight of what we have to do on a daily basis to get to the levels that we want.
“We have to set the demands that we want within this goal, because that’s the most important thing – the internal demands have to always exceed any external demand. That is what we are trying to achieve every single day.”
Arteta also added that he wants his players to feel “invincible” at home thanks to a special connection with the club’s fans.
He said: “We want our people to start connecting with our players straight away, to start to build momentum and to start to feel that at home we are invincible.
“That we play here with such passion, energy and connection with our people, that we are going to win the game.”
Arsenal will open their 2025-26 Premier League campaign against Manchester United At Old Trafford on August 17.
