{"id":211814,"date":"2025-10-09T13:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/211814\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:36:09","slug":"ian-wright-delivers-fresh-verdict-on-whether-arsenal-can-really-win-the-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/211814\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Wright delivers fresh verdict on whether Arsenal can really win the Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Arsenal have entered the October international break in fine form and at the top of the Premier League table.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that the Gunners are desperate to land the title, with <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/mikel-arteta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikel Arteta<\/a> guiding the side to three consecutive second-placed finishes.<\/p>\n<p>In that time, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/arsenal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> have missed some big opportunities to make the Premier League title their own, but they are determined to make sure it isn\u2019t passed up again.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btbf-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BeyondTheBackFour?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"object-fit:unset\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/custom\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/btbf-title.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>  Click to subscribe to the podcast <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:unset;height:30px;width:fit-content\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/custom\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/youtube.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A summer of heavy investment saw roughly \u00a3250 million spent by <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/andrea-berta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrea Berta<\/a>, giving the manager plenty of quality to work with.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the side hitting their stride, there is a growing belief that Arsenal can win it this season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2233675609-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ian Wright smiles during coverage of England vs Andorra\" \/>Photo by Simon Stacpoole\/Offside\/Offside via Getty ImagesIan Wright believes Arsenal can win the Premier League title<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/gary-lineker-shares-his-huge-var-complaint-after-newcastle-vs-arsenal-destroying-the-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal\u2019s comeback win over Newcastle<\/a> and eventual victory against West Ham have brought belief back to the side and their title chances.<\/p>\n<p>That has coincided with a drop in form for <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/liverpool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a>, who have lost consecutive league games late on to both Crystal Palace and Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>With Arsenal now top of the Premier League at the international break and with some fine displays so far, that belief is growing, and that is reflected by former star <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/ian-wright\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Wright<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on The Overlap, he said: \u201cWhat last week has done is reaffirm to people that, listen, we\u2019ve got a great chance of winning the league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve got the best squad in the league at the moment. It\u2019s now up to the manager to make sure he puts the right pieces in the picture at the right time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen a couple of results where I think he could have started different people to get the game done, but then he does his thing with bringing people on; he finished it well against Newcastle. He was more positive, exactly what we needed to be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause last year, when Liverpool slipped up, we weren\u2019t able to benefit. We didn\u2019t take advantage. But when we did that against Newcastle, it made people realise, okay, this is a step forward in what we\u2019re trying to do and shows we\u2019re definitely in this fight as long as we can be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, talking about Arsenal, everyone\u2019s saying, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s Arsenal now,\u2019 because we\u2019ve seen City and Liverpool falter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArsenal are now in the driving seat, and this is where we see the mentality of our players. They\u2019ve finished second three times; they know what to do. They\u2019ve been chasing City and Liverpool for the last few seasons. It\u2019s their time now, so it\u2019s up to them mentally to go and do it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s already excitement to win it, and there\u2019s no reason to be afraid of saying that. Arsenal are in a position to take it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a clear sign of faith in Arsenal that they can finally get the job done, but there are still 31 games for them to go.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2239173228-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Arsenal players celebrate after scoring against West Ham\" \/>Photo by Alex Pantling\/Getty ImagesOPTA Supercomputer ranks Arsenal\u2019s Premier League title chances<\/p>\n<p>The start of the season offers an opportunity for fans to better understand their teams and what they can and can\u2019t do.<\/p>\n<p>For Arsenal, it seems like a continuation of their past few seasons, with defensive solidity offering a base for the attack.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the Gunners are favourites, with <a href=\"https:\/\/theanalyst.com\/competition\/premier-league\/table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">OPTA\u2019s<\/a> supercomputer predicting that they have a 44% chance of winning the title.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are just behind on 30%, while Manchester City are third-favourites at 14% and a few others hover around the one and two percent mark.<\/p>\n<p>Comparing Arsenal to last season, they are one point worse off compared to the first seven matchdays, but they have five more points than the corresponding fixtures they\u2019ve already played.<\/p>\n<p>It suggests things are going well so far, with the aim of continuing that good form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have entered the October international break in fine form and at the top of the Premier League&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[463,3339,67144,403,99],"class_list":["post-211814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-arsenal","tag-english-premier-league","tag-ian-wright","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}