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Football - Friendly - Arsenal v AS Monaco - Emirates Stadium, London, Britain - August 2, 2023 Declan Rice during the match. REUTERSPIX: Arsenal cannot hide behind the 'plucky underdogs' tag this season as heavy spending means they will be expected to be Manchester City's main Premier League title rivals again.
Those three signings were all completed early in the close4 season meaning Arsenal should be ready to hit the ground running when they kick off at home to Nottingham Forest next Saturday. Havertz, despite scoring Chelsea's winner in the 2021 Champion League final, flattered to deceive at times. But a change of scene, and fresh ideas from Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, could see the German thrive in the midfield position vacated by Granit Xhaka who has joined Bayer Leverkusen.
The flip side of Arsenal's re-emergence is that this season they will have to live with the kind of expectation City have become so adept at handling.“Of course there’s going to be more pressure on us. There’s going to be more pressure on everyone around the club to perform and win stuff,“ he said during Arsenal’s pre-season build-up in California, which included a 5-3 win over Barcelona.
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