Gabriel Says Things Will Be 'different' At Arsenal 'after Letting Titles Slip'

Gabriel Magalhaes believes this play "will beryllium different" for Arsenal aft admitting they person "let a mates of titles gaffe done our fingers" successful caller years.

Mikel Arteta has transformed nan Gunners since taking complete almost six years ago, but they person not won awesome silverware since FA Cup occurrence successful 2020 - his first play successful charge.

The Gunners person vanished 2nd successful nan Premier League for 3 successive years and mislaid successful nan semi-finals of some nan Champions League and Carabao Cup past play - to eventual winners Paris St-Germain and Newcastle respectively.

As Arsenal statesman their pre-season circuit of Singapore and Hong Kong, BBC Sport looks astatine nan changes that needed to beryllium made successful an effort to assistance a trophy for nan first clip successful 5 years.

Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli each spent lengthy spells connected nan sidelines past season, which disrupted Arsenal's attack.

Striker Gabriel Jesus besides missed a ample portion of nan run pinch an anterior cruciate ligament injury, and - pinch different recognised attackers retired - midfielder Mikel Merino ended up playing arsenic a makeshift centre-forward.

Merino did good - scoring 7 times successful 28 Premier League games and hitting an important extremity successful nan triumph complete Real Madrid successful nan Champions League - but Arteta will want to debar specified a script this season.

It wasn't each bad for nan Gunners, of course, arsenic those injuries allowed academy products Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri to break into nan first team.

Lewis-Skelly has since gone connected to make his debut for England and sign a caller semipermanent deal.

Nwaneri is close to doing nan same - aft scoring 9 goals successful 37 appearances.

"I don't deliberation we tin springiness excuses," Gabriel, 27, told BBC Sport. "We did everything we could successful nan past 3 years. I consciousness for illustration we had a small spot of bad luck sometimes, but we each judge that we tin triumph large titles.

"We're focused connected what our head is telling america to do, and what we person to do, and what we person to improve. I deliberation this twelvemonth will beryllium different."

Arsenal person been engaged successful nan transportation marketplace and will person respective caller faces successful their squad erstwhile they commencement their Premier League play astatine Manchester United connected Sunday, 17 August.

The Gunners person already signed winger Noni Madueke, midfielders Martin Zubimendi and Christian Norgaard, and goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga. They are besides moving to complete transfers for striker Viktor Gyokeres and young defender Cristhian Mosquera.

Zubimendi is 1 of nan astir highly rated protect midfielders successful Europe.

Premier League champions Liverpool tried to motion him past season, and he played a important domiciled successful nan Euro 2024 last arsenic a half-time substitute arsenic Spain hit England.

Alongside him, Arsenal person brought successful midfielder Norgaard from Brentford to supply acquisition now Jorginho and Thomas Partey person departed.

Madueke is seen arsenic perfect back-up for Saka, but besides personification who tin play connected some wings, situation Martinelli for his position, and proceed processing his ain game.

"I deliberation nan players that came will thief america retired a lot," Gabriel said.

"The nine is doing what is champion for nan players and nan manager. They are decidedly doing their champion to bring nan champion players that tin thief us, but we person to attraction connected what we tin do retired connected nan pitch.

"The players that are present are doing that. We are beardown and we are getting stronger pinch these caller players.

"Definitely, it excites me. We want to person nan champion players. To beryllium successful nan conflict for titles, you person to person nan champion players."

Arsenal will dream nan expected presence of Gyokeres from Sporting will bring goals, pinch nan Swede having scored 54 successful 52 games past season.

Gabriel has played against Gyokeres, and mimicked nan forward's ceremony aft scoring successful Arsenal's 5-0 triumph complete Sporting successful November successful nan Champions League.

"We each cognize he is simply a awesome player, but he is simply a Sporting subordinate not an Arsenal player," Gabriel said.

"Playing against him past twelvemonth was a challenge. He is awesome and had a awesome season. About nan celebration, it is thing I can't talk astir correct now."

Gabriel missed nan last weeks of past play aft injuring a hamstring successful April. He had room to hole nan problem and is moving to beryllium fresh for nan opening of nan season.

The Brazilian has signed a contract that will support him astatine nan nine until 2029 - and says he "didn't hear" astir links pinch a move to Saudi Arabia.

The emotion astir Arsenal is they are fresh to return nan adjacent step, and consciousness assured to opportunity publically they are fresh to assistance a trophy.

"I've been astatine nan nine for 5 years now and I've seen really overmuch nan nine has grown." added Gabriel, who was speaking earlier nan club's pre-season tour, wherever nan Gunners will play AC Milan connected 23 July and Newcastle connected 27 July successful nan Singapore Festival of Football.

"I americium present to triumph large titles and I do judge that this play will beryllium different. We person fto a mates of titles gaffe done our fingers recently.

"We almost won but I deliberation this year, things will beryllium different. I person a batch of religion successful that."