Thierry Henry insists that Mikel Arteta should do better with Arsenal and more robust challenge for silverware.
The Gunners – legend believes that fans have the right to interrogate the manager after three seasons of the second best – and five without a good trophy.
Arteta has restored Arsenal to the elite since taking over in December 2019 but has only removed one competitive trophy – the FA Cup in that first season – and two community shields.
Their growing reputation as almost men has led experts to stack the pressure on the Spaniard, in which Paul Merson suggests that he can be fired by Christmas if they are not hunting for the Premier League.
Now Henry has weighed and made a pointed remark with Manchester United, who still reach the final and win despite their almighty malaise.
“I am not saying that I am disappointed about Arsenal, but it is normal that people now raise questions about what the team is doing,” Henry told the Stick to Football Podcast, offered you by Sky Bet.
'I understand that in the beginning [for Mikel Arteta] You arrive and it is not your team, you need at least three or four transfer windows to change everything you want.
'It takes time and you have to give a manager the time to be able to implement what he wants to do.
'Now, for the past three years, Arsenal has been in a situation in which they should have taken at least one cup in or a final.
'Manchester United has played in five finals in the last five years, the United States that everyone laughs at, while for Arsenal has not reached a final in the last three years of the building.
'So I understand that when people ask the question:' You should definitely compete for a trophy? '
There is little doubt about the transforming effect of Arteta on Arsenal and it is worth emphasizing their condition before he entered.
The Gunners had finished three consecutive seasons outside the top four when he came in, but after some teething problems he has them back near the top.
Arteta has stripped the dressing room of problematic personalities and taught the players with conviction that they can compete for the highets.
Twice they came close to winning the Premier League – last season they finished on 89 points, which would have been enough this time – and this campoign reached the semi -final of the Champions League after the Threal of Real Madrid with 5-1 on Aggregate.
In the midst of some devastating injuries, they have retained their record as the side with the best defensive record for a different season and played attractive football in the future.
But the truth is that Man United, through a Downbeat era runs through, still won the FA Cup and Carabao Cup in the last five seasons and also reaches a final of the oldest competition of football and the last two in the Europa League twice.
Jamie Carragher also believes that Arteta is under pressure to deliver another trinket.
“This season felt like it should have been their season,” Icon Liverpool recently told Sky Sports. 'There is no doubt that next season the pressure on Mikel Arteta will be enormous in terms of winning something and win something big.
'The arsenal board, if they don't [win a major trophy]Will have a huge problem because they do not want to change their manager, but there will be so many people who say: five or six years without trophy.
“They will look at how many managers can take that next step.”
Thierry Henry spoke on the stick to the football podcast, offered by Sky Bet.