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Arsenal.

[Stephen @TILIKI_OS]

The approach to the market this summer has been baffling.

After winning the Premier League for the first time in 22 years, I would’ve thought the club would want to build on that success - even if it meant stockpiling talent for a season or two.

This one-in, one-out policy isn’t inspiring. It feels underwhelming.

[Arsenal Chizzy @ArsenalChizzy_]

Chelsea finished 10th and people moved on like nothing happened 😭

Caicedo and Enzo Fernández alone cost around £237M combined… just TWO players… and Chelsea ended up in Bournemouth/Brentford territory.

Even in Arteta’s WORST period:

* Cedric at right-back,
* Rob Holding and Pablo Mari starting at centre-back,
* Ceballos in midfield,
* Nicolas Pépé leading the line…

Arsenal STILL never finished 10th. Not once.

Manchester United finished 15th and the media cycle lasted one week.

Tottenham Hotspur spent half the season checking the relegation table and barely escaped embarrassment.

Liverpool spent hundreds of millions and disappeared when the title race got serious.

But somehow the biggest conversations are ALWAYS about Arsenal.

Every Arsenal trophy comes with excuses.
Every Arsenal achievement gets questioned.
Every Arsenal success needs an asterisk from rival fans and the media.

That’s when you know the club is massive.

When you are truly big, the standards are different.” 😭🔥

[now.arsenal @now_arsenaI]

When you’re big, you’re big…

[. @afc_thms]

I hope hes corrupt because if hes not then hes the worst ref in the history of this game

[‏ْ @marklfcx]

Emmanuel Petit on Premier League clubs mocking Arsenal after the final defeat:

🗣️ “I have to say, I found it embarrassing.

The second Arsenal lost, some Premier League clubs couldn't wait to jump on social media and remind everyone about their European trophies.

That tells you everything.

Instead of supporting an English club representing the league on the biggest stage in club football, they were busy celebrating Arsenal's pain.

For me, that's not rivalry. That's insecurity.

Arsenal were 90 minutes away from doing something special, and rather than show respect, people were desperately searching through the history books for old trophies to post online.

Why? Because they were terrified of seeing Arsenal join that club.

Let's be honest, some of these clubs spent the entire season watching Arsenal compete at a level they couldn't reach.

The jealousy was obvious.

The moment Arsenal fell short, they treated it like they had won something themselves.

That's the mentality of people who would rather see Arsenal fail than focus on their own success.

The trophy may have slipped away, but the reaction from some rivals showed exactly how much Arsenal still live rent-free in their heads.”

[0A14 👑 @OAyodeji14]

1995 Cup winners loss counts, but winning the same trophy in 1994 doesn’t count as European trophy for Arsenal

😂😂😂

[Goals Zone @TheGoalsZoneHQ]

🚨🗣️ Thierry Henry: “I don't usually talk about referees, but Arsenal were incredibly unlucky tonight. The penalty incident was clear to me, and the halftime whistle just before a dangerous set-piece was difficult to understand. After that, it felt like every important decision went PSG's way. Arsenal never got the consistency they deserved from the officials. PSG will celebrate the trophy, but the refereeing will be one of the biggest talking points of this final.”

[Cornelius K. Ronoh @itskipronoh]

Thank you Mark Goldbridge for speaking the truth. That referee was a disgrace!

[The Footy Feed @TheFootyFeed]

🚨🎙️Wayne Rooney: “Arsenal have been robbed tonight” 🤯

Rooney 🗣️ “I’ll be completely honest, Arsenal were absolutely robbed tonight, there is no other way to put it. You look at that foul on Noni Madueke in the box; it’s a stonewall, 100% clear penalty. How the referee or VAR hasn't given that is beyond me, and it completely changes the dynamic of a Champions League final.

But for me, the moment that truly gave it away the moment you knew exactly what the referee was doing was that halftime whistle. To blow the whistle right as Arsenal are literally standing there about to take a corner? I’ve played this game a long time, and you rarely see that unless there’s a blatant bias. It was shocking, and it set the tone for everything that followed.

In the second half, it became a totally different game, and not because of the football. The referee made absolutely sure that every single 50/50 call, every little nudge, and every major decision went straight to PSG. It completely killed Arsenal’s momentum. But to be fair, I’m not even surprised. We saw the exact same story when they played Bayern Munich earlier in the tournament. The officiating was heavily skewed then, and it’s happened again on the biggest stage.

PSG might be lifting the trophy, but they cannot honestly look at themselves in the mirror and be proud of the way they’ve won this final. To win the biggest prize in club football like that? It leaves a horrible taste. Arsenal deserved so much more tonight.”

[afcstuff @afcstuff]

📲 Arsenal non-executive director Ben Winston on Instagram. ❤️‍🩹

[The Football Era @Footballera0]

How is this not a penalty ffs.

They didn’t even look at VAR

https://t.co/seRXvQQ27Z

[Clive 🏆 @clivepafc]

That’s a clear champions league penalty

[The Sensible Gunner @sensible_gunner]

Don’t let them re-write our history - They don’t know about Parma when they had Asprilla, Brolin, and Zola. We beat them 1-0 to win the European Cup Winners Cup - which has since been rolled into the UEFA Cup and now Europa League. Which is why cup winners get into Europe.

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

It all worked out.

[now.arsenal @now_arsenaI]

The Arsenal players arriving to the first meeting at the training ground since being crowned Premier League champions… ❤️🥹

[@DailyAFC]

[Carrie Brown 💙 @CarrieBrownTV]

This is just the purest.
And these are the men we see at the training ground, away from the crowds.

The shock. https://t.co/eqNzec8YOS

[Gunners @Gunnersc0m]

Far play @UnitedStandMUFC 👏👏👏

[Arsenteta @38Games0Defeats]

Fair fucks to Steve Nicol here 👏🏼 👏🏼!!

That presenter is a dick