Since Arsenal left Highbury to call the Emirates Stadium home in 2006, the once-dominant force of English football endured a sizeable fall from grace.
With the Gunners being in massive debt after moving into the-then new stadium, the club simply could not afford to compete for the biggest names, whilst being forced to sell their marquee players year after year.
As a result, merely qualifying for the Champions League under Arsene Wenger became the side’s biggest, and perhaps only achievable objective season after season.
And during the backend of the French boss’ reign, as well as during the spells in charge of Unai Emery, Freddie Ljunberg and now, Mikel Arteta, competing in Europe’s elite competition has also gone on to become a pipe dream.
However, Arteta’s Arsenal find themselves in a rare position as Premier League title contenders, as it is certainly possible that the club become English champions for the first time since 2004.
As the Gunners have the chance to etch their names into the history books once again, Oleksandr Zinchenko discussed how he wishes to put an end to the club’s image as a mere top four club.
“I got used to hearing that Arsenal means, straight away in your mind that, top four, top four. I really want to kill and destroy this stereotype.
“We need to look further and I think this team, this group of people, the fans, they deserve more”, he told reporters after his side’s 1-0 win against Chelsea, as relayed by Charles Watts of GOAL.
During his time at Manchester City, Zinchenko had a habit of lifting silverware, winning four Premier League titles, one FA Cup and four Carabao Cups, which has seemingly made him a serial winner.
Ultimately, Arsenal need Oleksandr Zinchenko’s teammates to share the same mindset to become a club that wins major honours again, rather than just compete for top four.
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