{"id":1438,"date":"2026-05-21T01:49:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2026-05-21T01:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:49:43","slug":"ian-wright-sets-huge-next-target-for-gunners-as-outstanding-star-named-player-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=1438","title":{"rendered":"Ian Wright sets huge next target for Gunners as &#8216;outstanding&#8217; star named &#8216;player of the season&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Ian Wright has set a significant next target for Arsenal after they won the 2025\/26 Premier League title on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Wright is unsurprisingly in a jubilant mood as his beloved <strong>Arsenal<\/strong> have ended their 22-year wait for the Premier League title.<\/p>\n<p>After coming mighty close in recent years, the Gunners have finally got over the line by<strong> Manchester City<\/strong> failing to beat AFC Bournemouth on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Man City needed to win their last two games and for Arsenal to slip up on the final day against Crystal Palace to reclaim the title, but the Gunners have secured top spot and could do the double by also winning the Champions League this season.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Wright has tasked Arsenal with going on a period of domination in the Premier League over the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou hope so because obviously the first one is the toughest one to get,\u201d Wright told Stan Sport Football when asked whether this could be the start of a period of dominance for Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:<span> <\/span>The six Premier League tables to show how Arsenal proved Neville wrong and won the title<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know there are players around the world who want to sign for Arsenal so fingers crossed we can go on a Manchester City tear, do two or three (titles).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d love us to win another couple in the next five or six years, absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wright has also reserved praise for some Arsenal players. He added: \u201cDeclan Rice, Bukayo Saka, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, David Raya with what he\u2019s done\u2026 I\u2019m just naming people.<\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"598d587f82f0613dc60f89d2daf94a61\" image-id=\"brfcSoWqBlju\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven Eberechi Eze coming in and having some moments, these players have to get a Premier League medal with what they\u2019ve done for this club, Ben White with what he\u2019s done for us. I\u2019m just delighted for the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<span> <\/span>Did Arsenal have a \u2018defining moment\u2019 in their Premier League title win?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>\u201cI think the three outstanding players for Arsenal have been\u2026\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Fellow pundit Alan Shearer has also reserved praise for certain Arsenal stars, and has revealed who he thinks is the \u201cplayer of the season\u201d in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the three outstanding players for Arsenal have been, from back to front, David Raya, the goalkeeper, Gabriel Magalhaes and Declan Rice,\u201d Shearer said on The Rest is Football podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think those three, for me, have been the outstanding players week after week after week, delivering performance after performance when it got tough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are periods during a season where you have to knuckle down and you have to accept the criticism, you have to understand you\u2019re not playing well, but I just think those three, for most of the season, have been the brilliant players, the outstanding players, the go-to players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:<span> <\/span>Arsenal bottle their way to the Premier League title, so where\u2019s Stewie?! \u2013 a Mailbox special<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI would actually have those three in one, two and three\u2026 David Raya is the player of the season for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHim, Gabriel and Declan have been outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '1399787394855675');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><script>\n        !function(e,n,t){var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)(0);e.getElementById\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Wright has set a significant next target for Arsenal after they won the 2025\/26 Premier League title on Tuesday night. 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