Arsenal have reached their ceiling under Mikel Arteta this season and will not qualify for the Champions League, reckons former Gunners midfielder Stewart Robson. Arsenal currently sit sixth in the Premier League table, two points behind West Ham in fourth with a game in hand. But Tottenham are looking strong under Antonio Conte and Manchester United are picking up results even if their performances are not the most convincing.
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He reckons it will be a couple of years before they are back competing for major honours.
"I think this is their ceiling at the moment," Robson told ESPN FC's Extra Time.
"I think in maybe a couple of years time when the likes of [Bukayo] Saka, Emile Smith Rowe and these sort of players, [Gabriel] Martinelli who's had a good spell in the team, and some of the younger players come through, I think Arsenal will be a good side.
"But I just think it's hit its ceiling at the moment.
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