Mertesacker preparing for cup final crash course

Chelsea will be looking to complete their first domestic double since 2010.

Chelsea have recently been crowned Premier League champions after a hugely impressive first season under Antonio Conte while Arsenal have endured their worst season under Arsene Wenger thus far, failing to finish inside the Top 4 for the first time since the Frenchman took over.

Chelsea star Eden Hazard says he is yet to receive a new contract offer and will not rule out the prospect of leaving Stamford Bridge before next season.

It has been a unusual and frustrating season for Mertesacker, and it all started last July, in a the first pre-season friendly of the summer, against Lens.

Chelsea, which will be making its seventh FA Cup final appearance since 2000, is favored to win the trophy for the eighth time. Both teams have sterling records at Wembley, with Arsenal having won 77 percent of their games there compared to Chelsea’s 66 percent.

That would move him one ahead of George Ramsay’s six triumphs with Aston Villa. Wenger would also consider using Héctor Bellerín there if Gibbs were to miss out.

“But, I repeat, I’m happy for this season and am happy to stay here”.

Though he has been barracked by his own fans and failed to secure Champions League qualification for the first time in 20 years, Wenger can make history by becoming the first manager to win seven FA Cups.

Wenger is, however, the FA Cup’s most successful manager and may yet have one or two more tricks up his sleeve.

“In this game I think we must see ourselves and be very focused on this game and do what we know”. I just want to always make a decision, is it right or wrong, is it good or not?

If Wenger decides to match up with Conte’s formation, the game will come down to which manager is able to get the most out of their players, as well of course as moments of individual brilliance. We have a couple of leaders – I try to be one on the pitch. The absence of suspended centre-half Laurent Koscielny is a huge blow. Mustafi, who suffered a concussion in the game against Sunderland, is yet to train.

“So it was then for me a better situation to relax a little bit more“. He did a good job.

Arsenal and Chelsea come into the title clash on the back of nearly contrasting league campaigns. They finished 18 points clear of Arsenal and the Blues have been picked as favourites to win the game by a lot of people.

At Wembley, Arsenal typically enjoys the advantage over their opponent of the stadium being only miles away from their home ground, but that is also the case for Chelsea.

A loan taken out to finance the ground significantly curtailed Arsenal’s spending power in the transfer market, meaning Wenger was forced to watch key players including Ashley Cole, Samir Nasri, Bacary Sagna, Gael Clichy, Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie depart his squad.

CHELSEA boss Antonio Conte is set to sign a new four-year deal worth £38million after leading the Blues in FA Cup final today. Two weeks on from that they put on their most clinical display of Conte’s system in the 5-0 win over Everton.

He is the only member of the 2012 team that beat Liverpool in the final still at the club.