Saka Backs Arsenal To Win EPL Title This Season

Bukayo Saka has backed Arsenal to be crowned Premier League champions this season and end their 21-year wait.

Arsenal finished runners-up in 2022-23 and took the Premier League title race to the final day last season before once again finishing second behind Manchester City.

The Gunners are in the mix this season, sitting third in the league standings, just one point behind Liverpool.

“I don’t want to put too much pressure on us but I do think that this is the year (that we can win the title),” Saka told CBS Sports (via Reuters.

“I think we’ve been close the last two years and we’re getting closer but this hopefully will be the year.”

Saka said the club’s near misses had left him hungry for success.

“Previous years, I’ve come runners-up a lot. It’s just that spirit in me that I want to win this season and of course, I believe in myself a lot,” the 23-year-old told Amazon Prime.

“With those two things, it helps. We believe in ourselves, we believe we’re a top team. We showed that tonight (against PSG). I did tell the boys we have to make a statement when big teams are coming to the Emirates.”

Arsenal will welcome struggling Southampton at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

The Saints, who are currently 19th, are yet to pick up a win since their return to the Premier League.