Arteta Confident Arsenal Can Compete with Any Team Despite Player Departures

Last season, Arsenal faced many injuries, losing important players. This season, a similar situation is happening as several key players will miss the Champions League match against Athletic Bilbao. However, head coach Mikel Arteta is not discouraged.

Details: For the match against Athletic Bilbao, Arteta will be without Martin Ødegaard, Bukayo Saka, Ben White, Kai Havertz, and Gabriel Jesus. Despite this challenging situation, Arteta believes Arsenal can still compete strongly.

Quote: “We learned last season that we are capable of competing with any team. Two key factors matter: first, having a full squad available at critical moments, and second, scoring at the right time—because the margins are very small.

When we lost eight or nine key players and had only 13 first-team players available, it was very tough. Still, we performed well and got close to the final; it was just a matter of luck,” Arteta said.