Mesut Özil: ‘My future at Arsenal depends on Arsène Wenger staying’

The overall point is that having them, or not, has resulted in extremely consistent League and Cup performances over the last decade.

We win, lose and draw roughly the same amount of games. We crash out of cup competitions at roughly the same stages. We score and concede roughly the same amount of goals.

You mean those other star players who have a recent history of success and exceptional performance? Besides there are various reasons you can throw out for those teams that simply don't apply to us.

It's hilarious that people think it has been some sort of huge achievement that we have managed to finish above Spurs, who have never had remotely the quality we've had, by final day fluke results on multiple occasions. Our wage bill dwarfs theirs, we should be comfortably out performing them.

You think if Pep Guardiola, Conte or Mourinho took over they wouldn't set themselves the goal of wining the league?

It'll be top 4 because the board have no ambition, not because the quality of our squad isn't good enough (even without Özil and Alexis) or the new manager.

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