Unai Emery has ordered his new charges to be fearless in their attempts to chase down Manchester City at the summit of English football.
The Spaniard’s appointment as new Arsenal manager was confirmed on Wednesday, Emery signing a three-year contract.
Emery knows he will be required to work under strict budgetary constraints, with around £50million available for new signings.
But the former Paris Saint Germain boss is adamant his team can still go toe-to-toe with English football’s elite next season.
‘That is our objective (to catch Manchester City), Arsenal is a club with fantastic personality and identity and I believe and the club has shown me that they believe,’ Emery said.
‘It is about showing that personality and showing the stature of this football club.
‘What we want to do is not fear any team neither here in the Premier League or in Europe and our objective is to be among the best and to beat the best.
‘I think it is about having belief in the players. We have got a strong nucleus.
‘I’m the type of coach who has always worked really hard, not because I do it better than anyone else but because that is what I believe the most important thing is.
‘I’m very demanding of myself, I’m passionate and I really want to transmit that to the people around me – that we can, and must, improve in the future.
‘That is the kind of thing I want to transmit, that desire to be better and I think that will lead us to improve in the Premier League and in Europe.’
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