Arsenal fans were optimistic about their club entering a new era of change after brutally forcing off Arsene Wenger from the club following his 22-year long spell in the club. Little did they know that this departure was just the last nail in their coffin in what will follow is a dreadful spell for the club where they will find themselves become irrelevant in the Champions League race and fast forward 4 years, the club is somehow managing to keep itself afloat in the top half of the league with teams by the likes of Leicester, West Ham, and even their local rival Tottenham surpassing them in the table. Not even managing to qualify for the Europa League next season.
Yet another disappointing season as The Gunners finished 8th again for the second time behind their local rival Spurs under the leadership of Mikel Arteta. The North London club is finding life hard in the current circumstances where they dropped off of the European competition after 25 successive campaigns. Not many fans were impressed by such a poor showing as the club is slowly losing its ambition and declining over the last half of the previous decade.
The once Invincibles are struggling to buy any world-class players to ignite their title hopes once again and the recent covid situation aided with the market inflation is barely helping the cause. With their biggest stars underperforming and the likes of Mesut Ozil leaving after a disrespectful showing from the club, the criticism is all-time high around the players and the professionals behind the crest.
Arsenal has been fruitless in their outcome of the matches. Their beautiful football being unproductive and players lacking ambition. Even though the team found some solid ground after the Christmas break, it was too little, too late. The introduction of Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe will be the only sense of achievement the fans can munch onto. Because other than that, most of the first-team starters had out-and-out disappointed.
The Gunners are up for a tough decision as Lacazette is on his last year of the contract and with the summer transfer window on run, they will be looking to fix the weak holes of the squad if they want to establish any form of authority in the next season.
Tottenham Hotspurs fans will be wondering what went wrong with their club after 4 successful seasons securing consecutive Champions League spots and a final at the Metropolitano stadium under Mauricio Pochettino. The ambition of a new era of the club was skyrocketed after the club shifted to the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium from the old White Hart Lane. But a drop of form and run of poor form led the board to come up to a decision to sack Pochettino and eye for another big name of football, Jose Mourinho.
Mourinho simply wasn't good enough. The team's underwhelming performance in all competitions further fueled by Dele Ali's falling out of the squad stirred more controversies within the club. Danny Rose left the club after being convinced that he was not part of Mourinho's plans. And the manager's sacking following the Super League controversy ahead of their Carabao Cup final meant that the club was in a state of internal turmoil.
Throughout the season, the club has struggled to find any ounce of creativity in the middle of the field, and their Defence has been shaky as they conceded an embarrassing 10 goals from the penalty.
Now barely making it to the UEFA conference league under Ryan Mason and Harry Kane probably having played his final game for the club, the fans will be kicking themselves with their wait for a silverware entended further into the uncertain future.
Gareth Bale is heading towards his end of the contract as well and the media will be interested in the next move regarding the contract decision of the player.
Both clubs in question have seen Leicester City beat them in the table twice and their growing hunger for securing a Champions League position is becoming more and more evident every single year. Even David Moyes's rejuvenated West Ham side found new life in the team and will play Europa League next season with The Foxes.
With clubs like Leeds, West Ham, and Aston Villa enjoying promising campaigns in the league and sniffing around to establish their place in the top half of the league, are the fans of the London clubs up to see a shift of power in the English Football Pyramid in this new decade?
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