Arsenal’s downward drift means they could be one of the biggest casualties should a European super league be formed
There is a danger always in football, perhaps in life more generally, to assume certain attributes, certain virtues, certain values are eternal. They are not.
We talk now of a Big Six in the Premier League but it’s not so long ago it was a Big Four. In truth, once the group of the Big had grown beyond the number of sides who could qualify for the Champions League, it was never likely to be as self-perpetuating as it had been. That particular hegemony was broken by Sheikh Mansour’s investment in Manchester City and the remarkable rise of Tottenham – for which Daniel Levy deserves enormous credit, whatever responsibility he must take for the wobble of the last few months.
Written by Jonathan Wilson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/dec/14/arsenal-reminder-place-in-elite-for-granted under the title “Arsenal are a reminder no one can take a place in the elite for granted | Jonathan Wilson”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
