My joy in this title winning is that NOBODY will say they carried this team to win it. This title belongs to everyone. And I mean EVERYONE.
Yes, Rice was elite.
Raya was elite.
Gabriel and Saliba were elite.
Timber was elite. Five players you point to and say — these are the best five this season. Fine.
But let me ask you something.
Do we win this title if Martinelli doesn't score that last-second equalizer against Man City?
Do we win it if Eze doesn't produce two maverick performances against Spurs to kill them off?
Do we win it if Saka doesn't score that one clinical goal against Brighton at the Amex — one goal, 1-0, job done?
Do we win it if Ødegaard doesn't come on and, like a man possessed, creates something from absolutely nothing? Do we win it without Trossard's goal against West Ham? Those two guys stepping up when it mattered most?
Do we win if Max Dowman doesnt come off the bench against Everton and wins us the game?
Do we win if Madueke doesn't score against Brentford (1-1) to keep the pressure on City?
Do we win if Merino — despite the whole world screaming "don't bring him on" — doesn't come on at St James' Park and scores the goal that wins it. Against chelsea to score the equaliser when they were ten men?
Do we win if Zubimendi doesn't score those two bangers against Nottingham Forest to help us put them to the sword 3-0.
And remember the beginning? Calafiori. Set piece. 1-0. Day one, telling us exactly what kind of season this was going to be. Do we win if not for him?
Then Zubimendi gasses out and Myles Lewis-Skelly walks into the team like he's been here for years.
Do we win if Kai Havertz didn't score from a corner, 1-0 against Burnley — doing exactly what the team needed.?
When Calafiori got injured. When Timber got injured. Do we survive without Mosquera and Hincapié coming in and performing at a level nobody expected? Do we survive without Ben White?
And even beyond all that — Jesus, Nwaneri — they weren't the league's critical performers, but they were around. They took the load off in cup competitions. They kept people fresh. They mattered.
This is what I find so incredibly beautiful about this title.
Nobody carried it. Nobody can look at this squad and say "I did that." Because everyone did that. From the starter who kept a clean sheet to the sub who came on for 15 minutes and scored. From the academy kid who nobody expected to the veteran who showed up when the season needed him most.
This is not a one-man trophy. This is not even a five-man trophy.
This is 25 men, a manager, a coaching staff, and a culture — all deciding in the same moment that this is the year.
Good old-fashioned football. A team sport. Beautiful, mehn.
Sacrificed his body for this club. Took endless shit for two years and when Arsenal needed him most, he delivered what could be the biggest assist the club’s seen in 22 years.
Tonight, he sleeps as the captain who brought the PL back to Arsenal.
Pep Guardiola spent €200m in January on Semenyo & Guehi to try and beat Arsenal to the League
Arteta spent nothing but instead gave more minutes to Max (16) & Skelly (19)
That's the Difference between us🤝
From the moment he rejected the easy route - turning down the glitter of Manchester City and the European pedigree of FC Bayern Munich -you could tell this was never just about money or trophies. He chose Arsenal F.C. because he believed in the project, believed in the badge, and believed he could help restore the club to where it belongs.
£105 million sounded outrageous to rivals at the time. Today, it looks like a bargain for a midfielder who brought leadership, composure, mentality and heart. A captain without the armband. The kind of player who speaks when others hide.
When the season looked like it was slipping away after the Etihad defeat, while everyone outside had written Arsenal off, he was the one reminding the squad: "It’s not done". That mentality matters. Champions are built on moments like that.
And football always has a poetic side to it. The same West Ham United F.C. fans who jeered him for leaving now watch him lift the ultimate prize while their club sinks into relegation.
Meanwhile, he stands at the summit of English football exactly where many Arsenal fans believed he belonged.
Some signings improve a team. Others change the mentality of an entire club. He did both.
Years from now, Arsenal fans will remember this era and say: that was the moment everything truly changed.
Declan Rice is premier league champion.🏆🥇🔴❤️
Um torcedor do Arsenal escreveu:
Vou ficar insuportável no verão, não porque sou "torcedor do Arsenal", mas porque vivi nos últimos três anos o seguinte:
- Torcedores do Liverpool erguendo uma faixa com a foto do Arteta fantasiado de mulher, escrito "Você nunca será a noiva"
- O Tottenham comemorando a derrota do seu time em casa para o Manchester City
- Haaland dizendo: "Stay Hamble"
- David Bentley invadindo o escritório do Arteta, pegando uma cerveja dele e zombando do Arsenal porque o Tottenham ganhou a Liga Europa
- Slot, Hürzeler, Ten Hag, Amorim e outros... reclamando do estilo de jogo do Arsenal e alegando que deviam ter nos vencido
- Torcedores dos times rivais dizendo que o Arsenal não merece ganhar a Premier League porque não é "divertido"
- Torcedores do Liverpool "bebendo as lágrimas do Arsenal" em um desfile de comemoração
- Insultos repetidos de "covardes" por torcedores dos times rivais
- Cânticos de "segundo lugar de novo" nos estádios.
- Gary Neville criticando constantemente nosso clube, enquanto elogia outros times por fazerem a mesma coisa.
- Jamie Carragher dizendo "desçam pro túnel" só por uma comemoração simples.
- Torcedores do Manchester City dizendo "estamos no seu encalço".
- E, por fim, toda vez que vencemos, as pessoas nos mandam calar a boca e postam histórias na internet porque somos o Arsenal, enquanto elogiam outros clubes por fazerem a mesma coisa...
E tenho certeza de que esqueci alguns.
Então, não julguem os torcedores do Arsenal quando desfilarmos por Londres vestindo as camisas do time, quando o desfile da conquista fechar completamente o norte e noroeste de Londres, nós merecemos isso.
🚨🎙️Thierry Henry on Arsenal becoming Champions of England:
Arsenal didn’t ‘get lucky’, they took the crown from Manchester City. There’s a difference. For four years everyone in England acted like the Premier League belonged to City permanently, like the rest of the league were just guests waiting for permission to compete. Arsenal changed that.”
“After that defeat at the Etihad, the media buried Arsenal. Pundits folded instantly. Fans were laughing, rivals were posting memes, and suddenly the title race was ‘over’. But champions don’t panic after one defeat. Weak teams do. This Arsenal side responded like real winners.”
“And let me say something that will upset people, this Manchester City side is not the City machine people pretend it is anymore. The fear factor is gone. Teams go to the Etihad now believing they can survive. A few years ago opponents were beaten in the tunnel before kickoff. Arsenal smelled that weakness before anyone else.”
“What impresses me most is the mentality. Arsenal have been mocked for YEARS. Banter club. Soft. Bottle jobs. ‘Trust the process’ jokes every single season. Yet now look at everybody. Silent. Because the same club people laughed at just dethroned the most dominant English side of the modern era.”
“And for the rival fans crying already, no, this is not a ‘one-off’. That’s the scary part. Arsenal are young, hungry, aggressive, and they play without fear. Liverpool fans won one league and called it a dynasty. Chelsea fans spent billions and still can’t build an identity. United fans live in nostalgia. Tottenham fans celebrate finishing above Arsenal like it’s a trophy parade. Meanwhile Arsenal are champions of England again.”
“People wanted Arsenal to fail so badly because they know what this club looks like when it rises. The atmosphere changes in football. The arrogance returns. The belief returns. And the rest of the league starts getting nervous.”
“So congratulations to Arsenal. They didn’t back into the title. They earned it. And the funniest thing? The tears from rival fans have only just started.”