Arsenal could win the title if not for injury concerns, says Richards

Former Manchester Metropolis defender Micah Richards has hinted he wouldn’t rule Arsenal out as critical contenders for the Premier League title this season.

The Gunners have made a surprisingly sturdy begin to the marketing campaign, profitable 9 out of their opening ten league matches to take them 4 factors clear on the high of the desk.

Writing in his exclusive CaughtOffside column in the present day, Fabrizio Romano admitted that Arsenal’s quick begin has surpassed their own expectations, and most followers and pundits will certainly not anticipating Mikel Arteta’s facet to remain on high for that for much longer.

Nonetheless, Richards feels it is a “completely different” Arsenal facet who might maybe be price taking extra significantly, although he admits that their lack of squad depth compared to Metropolis is what issues him.

Talking on Sky Sports activities yesterday, as quoted by the Metro, the previous England worldwide mentioned he felt issues would look very completely different for Arsenal in the event that they misplaced only one or two key gamers to damage, which isn’t the case for Pep Guardiola with the immense squad he has at his disposal.

“Arsenal have been good. This season they’ve been completely different. They’re completely different,” Richards mentioned.

“The distinction with Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal is Metropolis can lose a couple of gamers and play the very same approach, they’ll afford to rotate.

“If Arsenal lose Gabriel Jesus or Oleksandr Zinchenko to a sure diploma or Thomas Partey in central midfield, impulsively they change into a special workforce. However as they’re now, they’re on run.”

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Arsenal haven’t received the league since all the way in which again within the 2003/04 season, they usually’ve not even completed within the high 4 for the previous couple of years.

Nonetheless, we noticed Leicester Metropolis win their first ever title in one among sport’s biggest upsets in 2015/16, whereas Liverpool ended a thirty-year look ahead to the title after they triumphed in opposition to Man Metropolis in 2019/20.