Everything points to an Arsenal improvement...

The pressure is on Unai Emery to deliver at Arsenal this season. Failure to finish in the top four or win a trophy could signal an abrupt end for Arsene Wenger’s successor at London’s biggest club. Wenger’s early success and general brilliance ultimately afforded him 22 years running football affairs so replacing him was always going to be a challenge despite fortunes waning towards the end of his reign.

Emery was given the dubious honour of replacing Wenger (ref. Manchester United post-Alex Ferguson) last summer, but his three-year deal has a break clause next June and a once-docile management team might not be so hesitant to cut their losses if these nine months are a repeat of his first.