Bukayo Saka has said he confident that ‘this is the year’ Arsenal win the Premier League title.
Arsenal have finished as runners-up in the Premier League in each of the last two seasons, emerging as Manchester City’s closest challengers under Mikel Arteta.
The North London side led the league for a record-breaking 248 days without winning the title in 2022/23, before finishing just two points behind the Citizens last season.
Arsenal are unbeaten in nine games across all competitions this season and Saka said there is belief that the Gunners can win the Premier League for the first time in 21 years.
“I don’t want to put too much pressure on us but I do think that this is the year [Arsenal win the title],” Saka told CBS Sports.
“I think we’ve been close the last two years and we’re getting closer, but this hopefully will be the year.”
Saka scored in the 2-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League this week and said he is keen to atone for disappointments in recent campaigns.
The 23-year-old has finished as runner-up in the Premier League in each of the last two seasons and lost European Championship finals with England in 2021 and 2024.
Saka: Arsenal believe we’re a ‘top team’
“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,” he 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 Paris St-Germain]. I did tell the boys we have to make a statement when big teams are coming to the Emirates.”
