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Sol Campbell: Mikel Arteta must win silverware this season – and nothing sends a statement like beating Spurs

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta will be aware he needs to win a trophy this season, claims former Gunners defender Sol Campbell.

There's been a marked and undeniable improvement at The Emirates since the Spaniard succeeded Unai Emery in the winter of 2019.

The Gunners have gone from a side considered weak, even spineless, and languishing outside of the European spots to a formidable one challenging at the top of the table. Yet so far football's biggest prizes - the Premier and Champions League - have evaded Arteta.

But Campbell, who was a key part of Arsenal's last title-winning side of 2003-04, believes the current crop of players have what it takes to end the club's more than 20-year wait for the Premier League trophy this term.