{"id":770,"date":"2026-04-21T22:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=770"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:09:18","slug":"liverpool-star-would-have-won-arsenal-the-pl-after-wrong-signing-as-wenger-makes-title-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=770","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool star &#8216;would have won&#8217; Arsenal the PL after &#8216;wrong signing&#8217; as Wenger makes title prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal have been told that they should have signed Liverpool star Hugo Ekitike last summer, while Arsene Wenger has made a title prediction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gunners\u2019<\/strong> hopes of winning the Premier League were dealt a blow on Sunday as they suffered a damaging 2-1 loss against Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Man City will move to the top of the table on goal difference if they beat Burnley in their game in hand on Wednesday night, so Arsenal risk finishing second for a fourth consecutive season.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal set themselves up for a stronger title challenge last summer by spending around \u00a3250m on signings, with <strong>Viktor Gyokeres<\/strong> among their notable arrivals.<\/p>\n<p>Gyokeres has had a mixed debut season at Arsenal, and head coach Mikel Arteta opted to start Kai Havertz ahead of him against Man City.<\/p>\n<p>Now, former Chelsea star Joe Cole has argued that Gyokeres would prove to be the \u201cwrong signing\u201d for Arsenal if they miss out on the title, and they would have been far better off with Ekitike adfter he has shone for Liverpool this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGyokeres was the big signing. If Arsenal don\u2019t win anything, they have got that signing wrong,\u201d Cole said on The Dressing Room Podcast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Revisiting top 10 funniest season outcomes: Spurs, Arsenal on track, Liverpool not so much<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re coming to the biggest game of the season and you\u2019ve gone with two No10s, Havertz and Odegaard, and not with a number nine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHavertz was brilliant, but let\u2019s just imagine Ekitike was signed instead of Gyokeres, I think Arsenal would have won the league by now, I do.<\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0b629b85ba2abe5ff39df9829ee5fb57\" image-id=\"mcfcMBTtn6NX\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEkitike is a proper player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When expanding on Gyokeres\u2019 debut season in the Premier League, Cole added: \u201cI think Gyokeres is good, and you need to give him another year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut ultimately, you know from our time at top clubs, and especially in the modern game, you rotate, play a different centre forward, different full-backs, but when it is the big games, you are starting with your best XI, and he (Arteta) just doesn\u2019t think Gyokeres is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: Every Premier League club\u2019s biggest game of the season: Spurs, Arsenal\u2019s next<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite this, ex-Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has explained why he still believes his former side will win the Premier League this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that Arsenal will win the league,\u201d Wenger said speaking at an Abbey Road Studios fund-raiser for ProjectTwinning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI deeply believe. It looks, to me, like common sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like Eze, Odegaard, Havertz and Madueke attacking (intent at the Etihad). Manchester City will not make the perfect run-in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEDIAWATCH: Chelsea \u2018heading for Championship like Spurs next season\u2019 under Rosenior \u2013 if they change literally nothing<\/strong><\/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>Arsenal have been told that they should have signed Liverpool star Hugo Ekitike last summer, while Arsene Wenger has made a title prediction. 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