{"id":372687,"date":"2026-01-16T05:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372687\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T05:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:24:13","slug":"arsenal-star-vents-frustration-as-he-makes-tired-claims-amid-trophy-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372687\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal star vents frustration as he makes &#8216;tired&#8217; claims amid trophy drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/arsenal\/\" title=\"Arsenal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> defender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/william-saliba\/\" title=\"William Saliba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">William Saliba<\/a> has aired his frustration with his side&#8217;s lack of trophies in recent years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old centre-back joined the Gunners in the summer of 2019 from St Etienne and has managed over 155 appearances in all competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saliba has been a symbol of consistency at the back for the Gunners in the past three seasons and has forged a strong partnership alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/gabriel-magalhaes\/\" title=\"Gabriel Magalhaes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriel Magalhaes<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The French international has developed into arguably one of the best defenders in the league, and he has been integral to Arsenal&#8217;s resurgence under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/mikel-arteta\/\" title=\"Mikel Arteta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikel Arteta<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saliba has made 17 appearances in the Premier League this season, starting in 16 of them, and has played a big role as the Gunners sit top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/premier-league\/table.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League table<\/a> with 49 points from 21 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saliba frustrated with the lack of trophies\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under Arteta, the Gunners finished second in the Premier League in the past three seasons; every time they fell short behind either Manchester City or Liverpool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saliba has yet to win any trophy with the Gunners barring the Community Shield, and he says that Arsenal&#8217;s\u00a0near misses from previous seasons are providing him and the squad with extra motivation to win silverware this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m tired to finish the season without nothing in my pocket,\u201d the Frenchman said, as quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/11095\/13025486\/arsenal-transfer-news-rumours-and-gossip-live-updates-and-latest-on-deals-signings-loans-and-contracts?postid=10854056#liveblog-body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sports<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So now we have four competitions to win. My pocket was empty last year and now we want to win everything, Carabao, FA Cup, Champions League, Premier League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course it\u2019s not easy to say it but we want to prove it on the pitch and we will give everything to win every title.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Can Arsenal win a historic quadruple?\u00a0<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-img-id=\"153881\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/uploads\/2025\/10\/imago1068338061-1-6903379a28b6.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Imago \/ Sportsphoto<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have bolstered their squad in recent windows, and they now have a strong team capable of challenging for all competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The north London club are fighting in all four competitions this season, and they have a great chance of finally lifting the Premier League title since 2004.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the Premier League, the Gunners have taken a healthy six-point lead over Pep Guardiola&#8217;s Man City and Aston Villa, and have conceded just 14 goals thus far.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/chelsea\/league-cup\/result\/double-scare-survived-and-semi-final-curse-banished-in-crucial-arsenal-win_589819.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal won 3-2 against Chelsea<\/a> in the first leg of their EFL Cup semi-final at Stamford Bridge and are favourites to reach the final.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta&#8217;s side are also leading the Champions League table and can look forward to the FA Cup fourth-round tie against League One Wigan Athletic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal defender William Saliba has aired his frustration with his side&#8217;s lack of trophies in recent years.\u00a0 The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4985,5906,218,372,5904,3553,5905,221,5903,217,101,3022,5907,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-372687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-epl","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-golf","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-olympics","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-rugby","17":"tag-sport","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-sports-mole","20":"tag-teams","21":"tag-tennis","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}