‘This is the year’: Bukayo Saka backs Arsenal to win Premier League title | Arsenal

Arsenal can end their 21-year wait for a Premier League title this season, Bukayo Saka said after his side beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 in the Champions League.

Arsenal finished second in the 2022-2023 season and took last season’s Premier League title race to the final day before finishing second again behind Manchester City. The north London side have been in the mix this season, sitting third, and their impressive win over PSG underlined their title credentials, with Kai Havertz and Saka scoring.

“I don’t want to put too much pressure on us, but I do think this is the year (we can win the title),” Saka told CBS Sports. “I think we’ve been close the last two years and we’re getting closer, but hopefully this will be the year.”

Saka, who has established himself as a key player at Arsenal and was top scorer in the Premier League last season, said the club’s near misses had left him hungry for success.

“Last years I have often come second,” the 23-year-old told Amazon Prime. “It’s just that spirit inside me that I want to win this season and of course I believe in myself a lot. It helps with those two things. We believe in ourselves, we believe we are a top team. We showed that tonight. I told the boys that we have to make a statement when big teams come to the Emirates.”

Arsenal host 19th-placed Southampton on Saturday.