When everyone is feeling clearer and greater than the 2025/26 Premier League, Arsenal fans feel unable to restlessness and anxiety, even somewhat pessimistic.
It is impatient because when looking around, the two rivals, Liverpool and Man City, are “racing” frantically with consecutive new contracts, and Arsenal is almost “standing outside to observe”.
So far, Liverpool has officially owned three rookies including goalkeeper Armin Pecsi, left -back Jeremie Frimpong and midfielder Florian Wirtz. If the left -back Milos Kerkez – who only waited to raise the shirt was finished, the defending champion had 4 additions in the summer of 2025.
Meanwhile, Man City is no less competitive with 4 signatures including goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli, midfielder Rayan Cherki, midfielder Tijjani Reijnders and left-back Rayan Ait-Touri. So what about Arsenal? The Gunners put in the cart in a lot but still not closing the application.
Many Arsenal fans may criticize that there is nothing to hurry because the summer transfer period is still more than 2 months to close. In addition, to buy quality players, it is necessary to carefully evaluate many criteria but not like vegetables in the market, just like to buy?
This is not wrong, but the opposite of the question: So the “vegetables” that Liverpool and Man City bought in the past time were explained? Is it quick decisions and lack of evaluation from two Premier League giants?
The answer is certainly only one: the difference between Liverpool, Man City and Arsenal is in the backstage analysis system, where the recruitment and strategic planning department has worked scientifically to promote the fastest possible deals.
What is the story of Man City – the team that has won the Premier League 6 times in the past 10 years – closing your eyes to buy indiscriminately or “like to inch”? Or Liverpool – the only team that blocked Pep Guardiola's Man City in the Premier League with 2 crowns and won 1 Champions League – also shopping massively, in which the closing of a contract called Wirtz up to 125 million euros quickly?
Man City and Liverpool are certainly not stupid, but the fool is Arsenal. Waiting to talk about the rookies that Man City and Liverpool brought back in the summer of 2025 successfully played next season or further future or not, but from those missions, it can be seen that these two teams have extremely methodical ways.
With Man City, as soon as he witnessed Guardiola's army struggling in the first half of the 2024/25 season, the team leadership quickly determined the reform of the force. Green Man has spent quite strongly in the January 2025 transfer window, and continued to break the safe for Reijnders, Ait-Touri or Cherki this summer that was carefully planned. When all analysis and evaluation are done, the last job is to activate the mission as soon as possible, beat quickly to win quickly.
Similar to the case of Liverpool. If we follow The Reds to play last season, we all see this team depends heavily on the creative ability of Mo Salah. So maybe Liverpool's analytical parts don't see? There is no problem. The Reds understood which area they need to add, and Wirtz – a public midfielder with excellent brain – caught in the sight. Liverpool certainly analyzed bored with all the potential and physical condition of the German player before deciding to fall. Again, it is not a normal amount but a record number.
Liverpool's way of working is really assertive, and that's why they are always the most formidable opposite of Man City, not Arsenal. If you feel not convincing enough, let's look back at the past.
Entering the 2017/18 season, Liverpool owns loose defense and they know it. No need to take a lot of time, The Reds broke the Virgil van Dijk from Southampton for 75 million in January 2018. Many fans were still pouting, criticizing Liverpool to buy it at a high price for a center -back. The rest, as known, is history.
At the end of the 2017/18 season, Liverpool lost to Real Madrid 1-3 pain in the Champions League final in Kiev. What we remember most about that match? Perhaps not the beautiful hook of Gareth Bale, but the silly mistakes of goalkeeper Lloris Karius made him a unique disaster.
Liverpool knew where they were weak, and very quickly in the summer of 2018, they paid AS Roma 62.5 million euros in exchange for the service of the goalkeeper Alisson Becker – turned him into the most expensive “temple guard” in history at that time, before Chelsea broke the record by recruiting Kepa from Bilbao. Alisson came to Anfield and again, the rest was history. Currently, Liverpool is pursuing Crystal Palace's star Marc Guehi, and it would not be surprising if Arne Slot's team neatly handled “prey” as soon as possible.
Arsenal after the third consecutive season in the Premier League to understand where they are weak and what to do. The Gunners need a top -class striker, a goalscorer to be able to race with Man City and Liverpool, as well as competition for titles. Many targets have reached the sights of the Gunners this summer, prominent with Benjamin Sesko and Viktor Gyokeres, but the British media reported that the Emirates Stadium's team was still “lifted and down”, partly because they did not want to spend too much money.
Earlier, the press reported that Arsenal was about to successfully recruit midfielder Martin Zubimendi from Sociedad. The news almost every day, but the rookie still could not see, proving a slow and unrealistic assertiveness of Arsenal. Obviously, by the usual sensory, we can see Arsenal are doing work behind the scenes as bad as Liverpool and Man City.
Even if you look deeply into Arsenal's squad, a striker with a midfielder has not necessarily solved the problem. Gunners still need additional wing position, especially on the right wing, where Bukayo Saka cannot play throughout the season. In addition, the position of the public midfielder must also be considered, especially when captain Martin Odegaard has decided in the previous seasons. To be honest, Arsenal need to create a healthy competition for Odegaard to strive instead of the default to play.
Acknowledging that the summer transfer market is more than 2 months to close, but the recruitment of rookie soon has a small benefit. During the time when Arsenal continued to remind and negotiate, Man City and Liverpool were able to allow their rookies to assemble into the squad, familiarizing with the new environment and the tactical system. Such preparation steps help these two teams have more advantages before Arsenal when entering the new season.
Liverpool's ambition was too clear. After the Premier League championship last season, The Reds sent a letter with a message of the type: “This throne is now mine, whoever is good, come here to take”. Man City – After a season that was touched by narcissism – quickly responded: “I have to be afraid of you. Remember that throne that is mine.” And the force race between the two clubs so far in the summer of 2025 has said it all.
While Arsenal is still “measuring fish sauce, counting onion”, the feeling of Liverpool and Man City has been very “plunging into each other” high and low, making the Premier League battle increasingly hotter than ever. The Gunners have become a background for the past 3 years, and if they do not quickly enter, it is difficult for them to dream anything in the 2025/26 season.
