Wenger backs mentality of Arsenal squad as they chase evasive title

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has it all to do and it is left with him if his decision in the January transfer window will make or mar his team’s chances at the English Premier League title this season.

Wenger’s men sit top of the table at the midway stage – leading Leicester City on goal difference while enjoying a three-point gap to Manchester City in third amid an unpredictable top-flight campaign. “Unfortunately we can not announce anything at the moment about this player because nothing has been concluded”, Wenger told a news conference ahead of Saturday’s home game against struggling Newcastle United.

“I heard last night the cliché…”

“I believe this team has the qualities to win games, and hopefully we will manage to go all the way in the league”.

“How do you measure [the best title race]?”

The Czech worldwide has proved a valuable acquisition in the first half of 2015-16 and Wenger lavished yet more praise on the 33-year-old after he broke the Premier League clean sheet record in the win over AFC Bournemouth. At the end of the day public opinion decides that [it’s the best].

City’s travails have given hope to Tottenham Hotspur, who are just a point behind them in fourth place prior to their trip to Everton on Sunday, when they will be chasing a fourth successive league win.

“I can say as well that everybody wants to win it. And if you were in the game you would think that’s not the case – everybody wants to win it but it’s hard”. He is also controlling games single-handedly, finding space where it appeared there was none and dictating Arsenal’s tempo.

“I play him in training with Koscielny, with Mertesacker, we have three central defenders (and) that will be needed, but how I rotate them I haven’t decided yet”.

Having lifted the trophy four times across London at Chelsea, the former Rennes man is a flawless judge of title-winning credentials – and he spots that in his current dressing room.

Mesut Ozil also leads the list of ten most searched Premier League players of the past seven days; according to Roto World.