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Arteta eyes more titles as he reflects on Arsenal’s success last season
Jul 29 2026 16:48 · By onefootball.com · 5 Reads
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has set his sights on earning more titles with the club, after lifting the Premier League trophy last season.
The Gunners were crowned as champions of England last time out, ending their 22-year wait. Although they eventually came up short on penalties in the Champions League final against PSG, it was still a triumphant campaign.
“This has to be the start and this has to be the standard,” Arteta said, speaking to The Arsenal app. “Excellence has to be our standard and this has to drive to attack the future.
“The way we behave daily with more and more determination and ambition because we’ve shown that we’ve got it. Now we have to show that we belong to this level. We want to increase and take this football club to a different dimension.
“My ambition is that daily we nail the standards and the requirements to be better the following day. That is the thing that we have to control. And maintaining that ambition, that discipline, that commitment and that positive energy through 11 months.
“That is the responsibility that we all have. If we all achieve that, we are going to be in a really strong position in May.”
The Gunners will kick off their pre-season preparations with a friendly against Girona on Saturday. The Arsenal boss has not been seen since celebrating their Premier League triumph at their bus parade.
“Probably the best football experience that I’ve had,” reflected Arteta on that moment. “It puts it probably at the highest level, higher than any other trophy that I’ve won or moment that I’ve had.
“Because it tells a story and it tells the evolution of a club that was in a difficult position at many levels and was lacking a connection between the club, the supporters, the purpose, the identity and what we actually wanted to achieve.
“To see an unbelievable social gathering that was related to just how we all feel about this football club, about the people that run this football club, about the players that we have in this football club and especially about how the supporters feel about the club. A day that I will never forget in my life.
“I think we can have an idea of how big the club is or how many supporters we have. But actually to feel in those cities that energy, that joy and that connection, it was incredible.”