What will be considered success for Arsenal in the 2023/24 season?

Arsenal fell painfully short of Premier League silverware during the 2022/23 campaign, but after spending heavily during the summer transfer window, the Gunners will be hoping to go one further this time around. 

Following our recent Community Shield victory over Manchester City, Mikel Arteta was quizzed on the club’s expectations for the upcoming campaign, with the Spaniard simply stating that “We just want to play better and win games.”

However, despite the relatively modest nature of his answer, he and the players will be all too aware that after their impressive form last season, there will be pressure, both internally and externally, on them to go one step further and win silverware in the upcoming campaign.

So, with that in mind, what does a successful 2023/24 look like for Arsenal?

What will be considered success for Arsenal in the 2023/24 season?

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The domestic cups (FA Cup and EFL Cup)

The importance of our performance in these competitions will largely depend on our form in both the Premier League and the Champions League.

If we were to win one of these major trophies, then success in either the FA Cup or the EFL Cup would be the icing on the cake, but were we to once again fall short in those competitions, then success in the domestic cups would become critical.

That is not to say that a disappointing finish in the league, such as the club missing out on a top-four spot, would be acceptable if we were to win the FA Cup alongside it, but success in that competition would make another second-placed finish, for example, far sweeter.

In any case, we have exited both domestic cups in the early stages far too often during Arteta’s reign and that must be rectified in the upcoming season.

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