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Roy Keane and Jamie Redknapp had differing opinions over whether Arsenal could potentially win the Premier League next season.
The Gunners were held to a 1-1 draw at Manchester United, ending any slim hopes they had of catching runaway leaders Liverpool.
It will be a third successive second-placed finish as things stand and former United captain Keane has not seen enough to to convince him that they can go one step further.
‘No. Why would I? What makes you think the manager can do it?,’ he replied when asked if Mikel Arteta’s side could win it next season.
‘They’ve got close over the last few years, but City will be strong next year and I’m sure Liverpool will be too.
‘Where is the evidence to think they can do it? Getting a striker in would help, have they got the right mentality? Has the manager? You see a different side to them when they’re losing every week, but they get all agitated when they’re losing.
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal dropped more points as they were held by Man United on Sunday
Roy Keane says he’s seen no evidence that the Gunners will win the title next season
‘I don’t think getting a striker in who’ll score 20 goals a season will necessarily be the difference.
‘Will City and Liverpool just stand still? They’re going to look to improve, Pep will bounce back and I think Liverpool will be stronger next season. We don’t know where Chelsea are, but what’s the evidence or this group of players that they can do it?
‘It’s alright challenging, but it should be about winning titles.’
‘Liverpool will be looking at that and not thinking they’re going to be put under pressure, they’ll be thinking Arsenal have almost given up the title chase.
‘There’s that striking issue, of course, but I still thought there would be that mentality of getting the job done. If anything, it was the opposite.’
‘There would’ve been frustration from the last few years they didn’t get over the line, or get a cup or whatever it might be.
‘Then you saw the injuries, and the manager looks frustrated there. The title’s gone but he’d still want his club to show a good mentality and try to put pressure on Liverpool. Over the last two or three games, that’s gone now.
‘They’ve lost that momentum, what we saw here today was nowhere near good enough. On the one hand, you want to give them credit for the last few years but the next step is the hardest step.’
However, Jamie Redknapp thinks they’re just missing one piece of the puzzle to get over the line.
Jamie Redknapp disagreed, saying Arsenal just need an elite striker to get over the line
‘I’m confident if they sign an elite striker they’ll challenge for the title. But how hard are they to find?
‘They always get spoken about with Isak, he’s obviously elite with the goals he’s got and how he plays. But would Arsenal be the only ones in for him if he does leave?
‘Sesko as well, they’ve been mentioned with him, but it’s just a case of a striker. Even though Kai Havertz has done well, they signed him as a No 8.
‘Then you ask him to be a killer in the box – is he going to get 20 a season? That’s Salah numbers. That’s what they’ve got to try to find, and if they do with their defensive stability they’ll certainly go close next season.’
