Arsenal are six points clear of Manchester City in the Premier League title race after this weekend’s results.
The Gunners picked up a superb win over Bournemouth while City dropped points in dramatic fashion as Chelsea scored late on to take a well-earned draw.
With the January transfer window now up and running and fixtures coming thick and fast, both Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola know that big decisions could prove crucial come May.
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Arsenal’s squad looks pretty well set in all honesty but with City suffering a few injuries over Christmas and New Year, Guardiola is now looking to the market again.
And while it might just be another signing to many, it very much shows the state of play right now in Guardiola’s mind.
Man City going for Marc Guehi proves how worried they are about Arsenal
Make no mistake, Manchester City have one of the strongest squads in the Premier League and should be able to cope with any injury crisis really.
However, with both Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol picking up injuries against Chelsea, it now leaves them short at the back.
City are now looking to sign Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace as they look to plug the gap.
But while the signing of Guehi might be a smart one for City, there is an underlying message here we cannot ignore. And that is a message of how scared City and Guardiola are of Arsenal running away with it.
If roles were reversed and City were six points clear, you would no doubt just see Guardiola dip into his already expensively assembled squad and make do.
Instead, he is now asking his board to once again spend big and sign Guehi. Add this to the move for Antoine Semenyo, and suddenly it looks as if the Manchester club are panicking a bit.
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So much has been made of Arsenal’s failure in recent years to get over the line and get the job done.
Mikel Arteta will front up to that and likely admit that given the gaps they’ve had before, he should have been a Premier League title winning manager by now.
However, that is all in the past and this current Arsenal side look as strong as ever.
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It does very much feel like this is the year. City are dropping and making January moves in the market, while Chelsea, Liverpool and Man United are nowhere near competing.
Pep Guardiola simply knows that Arsenal are the team to beat and this latest move to sign Guehi only enhances how dominant Arsenal have been.
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