‘There is far less work to do at Chelsea than Arsenal’ says pundit
That is the opinion of former Tottenham midfielder Danny Murphy, who says Unai Emery’s side are a long way off challenging for the top four.
Arsenal experienced a summer of change with Emery replacing Arsene Wenger in the Emirates dugout following the Frenchman’s decision to step down.
And they welcomed five new signings to north London in the form of Bernd Leno, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Matteo Guendouzi and Lucas Torreira.
Arsenal have endured a nightmare start to the new campaign though, going down 2-0 and 3-2 to Manchester City and Chelsea respectively.
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"Arsenal could have David De Gea in goal as well as Petr Cech and they still wouldn’t be able to save this defence from conceding too many goals."
Everton, by contrast to Arsenal, look to have bolstered any areas of weakness in the squad Marco Silva inherited from Sam Allardyce.
However, Murphy doesn’t think the Toffees pose a threat to the Gunners’ hopes of finishing in the European spots.
"I think Everton have the potential to have a very good season because they’ve brought in some real quality, but Arsenal won’t be too worried about looking over their shoulder," Murphy added.
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"Arsenal still have ridiculously good firepower and fantastic home form that should be enough to see them finish in the top six.
"It is Arsenal’s defensive vulnerability against their rivals at the top of the league that push them down into the Europa League places, but you’d expect them to get the better of everyone else."
Arsenal are a lowly 17th in the Premier League following their defeats to City and Chelsea.
They will be seeking to get their first points of the season on the board when they play host to West Ham on Saturday.