Arsenal midfielder Martín Zubimendi has revealed the Gunners dressing room blames injuries for their failure to get over the line in the Premier League title race.
Mikel Arteta’s side have finished second in the standings for three years in a row, finishing five points behind Manchester City in 2022–23, two points adrift of Pep Guardiola’s outfit 12 months later and then falling short against Liverpool last season.
Adding more depth to the manager’s squad was a key priority this summer and Zubimendi was recruited from Real Sociedad in a transfer window which also saw Viktor Gyökeres, Noni Madueke, Eberechi Eze, Piero Hincapié, Cristhian Mosquera, Christian Nørgaard and Kepa Arrizabalaga join the club.
Having enough options to cope with key injuries has been Arsenal’s downfall in the past and, according to Zubimendi, the squad have made that clear to him during his short time at the Emirates.
“From what teammates have said to me, the problem was the injuries, that when someone got injured, the team came undone,” Zubimendi told .
“This year the club has invested a lot in having two players in every position.”
