There can be no more excuses: it is time for Jonas Eidevall and Arsenal to deliver. In 2022-23, despite an unprecedented injury crisis, they finished third in the Women’s Super League, ahead of Manchester City on goal difference, won the League Cup and battled to the Champions League semi-finals, coming close to reaching the final. It was impressive given the circumstances, resilience shining bright towards the end of the campaign.
Last season began with an unceremonious exit from the Champions League in the first qualifying round, undoing all that hard work to finish ahead of City. But there was a caveat with a short turnaround between the World Cup and those brutal early qualifiers giving no room for rest or a proper pre-season. They also had to grapple with reintegrating fit-again players at different stages of a campaign laced with disappointment, their retaining of the League Cup a consolation as the league slipped away.
