Arsenal centre back William Saliba admitted that his side have “always” been missing “something” during their failed title challenges in recent years, but was hopeful that the club’s extensive summer outlay would plug that intangible gap.
Saliba has been a key figure in Mikel Arteta’s side during each of their successive runner-up finishes over the past three seasons. It was an injury to the talismanic Frenchman which undermined the first of those doomed surges, while Manchester City just pipped Arsenal to the title in 2024.
