“But things change very quickly. Look how Liverpool have evolved in the last four or five years. Manchester United as well is looking really strong at the moment.
“They are making a lot of good decisions. Leicester the same, Wolves with the season they are having.
“It’s going to be a challenge but that gap has to be closed. For us, the margin that we have for improvement is still very, very big.”
Despite calls to sacrifice Lacazette to bring in much-needed revenue, Arteta believes the Gunners should retain all their assets and build on them He added:
“We don’t know how the market is going to be. We are pulling different plans together to see what we are going to be able to do.
“But things change very quickly. Look how Liverpool have evolved in the last four or five years. Manchester United as well is looking really strong at the moment.
“They are making a lot of good decisions. Leicester the same, Wolves with the season they are having.
“It’s going to be a challenge but that gap has to be closed. For us, the margin that we have for improvement is still very, very big.”
Despite calls to sacrifice Lacazette to bring in much-needed revenue, Arteta believes the Gunners should retain all their assets and build on them.
He added: “We don’t know how the market is going to be. We are pulling different plans together to see what we are going to be able to do.
“At the moment, the uncertainty is still big. The way we are going to finish the season will dictate a lot of things financially as well.
“We have to be a bit patient and see what happens. We’re seeing different things. The way Chelsea is dealing with the market is different to the rest at the moment, but Bayern Munich are also being really aggressive.
“If you ask me, we cannot be a team that has to sell its best player to try to bring in and improve our squad, that’s for sure.”
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