Opinion: Why Arsenal can still win the league despite Isak blow

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·2 September 2025

Opinion: Why Arsenal can still win the league despite Isak blow

Hours after their 1-0 victory over Arsenal, Liverpool dealt another blow to the Gunners by signing long-term striker target Alexander Isak.

Isak has long been viewed as Arsenal’s dream centre-forward. Why the club failed to prioritise his signing, move early, or attempt to hijack his switch to Anfield is baffling to many Gooners.

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Either way, he is now a Liverpool player, and one cannot help but wonder what impact that might have on the title race.

Why Isak’s arrival is not a knockout blow

Journalist Charles Watts, writing in his Caught Offside column, does not believe Isak’s move to Liverpool should give Gooners sleepless nights.

“Alexander Isak is obviously a sensational signing for Liverpool,” Watts admits.

“The league’s best attacking team just landed arguably the league’s best striker, so that is clearly worrying for everyone else who is trying to dethrone them.

“Liverpool were favourites before they signed Isak, so now most will believe a second successive title is almost certain. But I don’t see it as a foregone conclusion.

“Arsenal can still win the league. They have had an excellent window and built a squad that I honestly think is as strong as anything I have ever seen before in North London.

“So they just have to focus on themselves. Sunday was a setback, but it wasn’t a knockout blow. They have to pick themselves up and go again, because there are more huge games coming straight after the international break.”

The Reds adding Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Giovanni Leoni, Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Giorgi Mamardashvili and Isak to a title-winning side is bold.

However, Liverpool could not afford not to strengthen, especially with critics claiming that last season’s triumph owed more to luck than quality. Many argue that injuries to Arsenal and Manchester City handed them an easier path to the title. And while they won the league by more than 10 points, they are not naive enough to think that margin tells the full story.

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Arsenal’s calculated summer strategy

Arsenal’s strategy this summer has focused on ready-made talent. With signings Kepa Arrizabalaga, Cristhian Mosquera, Cristian Norgaard, Piero Hincapie, Martin Zubimendi, Viktor Gyokeres, Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze, the hope is that Arteta now has the depth and quality to mount a serious challenge.

The narrow defeat to Liverpool should not be dismissed, but it should serve as a wake-up call for Arteta to start taking calculated risks with the brilliant squad he now has at his disposal.

Ultimately, it is only by taking risks that you can lift the biggest prizes.

Thoughts Gooners?

Daniel O

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