Arsenal legend insists no excuse not to win the Premier League | OneFootball

Thierry Henry believes Arsenal can have no excuses this year as they attempt to win the league, regardless of the team’s injury problems so far this season.

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Arsenal have had a poor injury record so far this season, losing the vast majority of the squad at one point or another.

Some key players have hardly featured all season, including Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz, and injuries have often clustered around specific positions, such as the recent defensive injuries to Gabriel Magalhaes, William Saliba, Jurrien Timber, Riccardo Calafiori, Ben White, Cristhian Mosquera,

There are few teams who have had it worse on the injury front, but Arsenal legend Thierry Henry says the Gunners can’t use that as an excuse not to win the Premier League.

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Speaking this week, Henry suggested every club will have their own problems, and it’s up to Arsenal to overcome theirs and end their wait for a league title.

“Injuries, the busy calendar – let’s not talk,” Henry said. “Everybody has their own problems. Let’s see who’s going to be there at the end. I won’t change my tune from the beginning of the season – we must win the league.

“It has to be this year. I believe the team can do it and I just hope we can cross that line. You will see in a season the team’s going to be tested, injuries are going to happen and things are not going to go your way. It’s how you go through that.”

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Arsenal did work to address potential squad depth issues over the summer, ensuring most positions have at least a couple of starting-quality players.

Yet injuries have caused issues anyway, and the Gunners are currently in a position where they likely only have one right-back for the next month of action – with eight or nine games to play during that period.

But as Henry suggests, Arsenal are just going to have to find a way to overcome that problem. There’s no prize for being the best team ‘if everyone had stayed fit’. You either finish top or you don’t.