Debate over Arsenal’s style masks an undeniable march toward greatness | Barney Ronay

<p>Arsenal’s path to a quadruple appears manageable – give Mikel Arteta and co serious credit for getting here</p><p>Cruyff’s Ajax, Messi’s Barcelona, Rice’s Arsenal. Stein, Michels, Ferguson, Arteta. The Dark Side of the Moon, The Very Best of The Beatles, Arsenal 2025-26 highlights DVD. Total Football, tiki-taka, hugging the goalie at corners. Get ready. Make room among the greats. It may just be coming.</p><p>And yes, you can laugh at this on the internet. You can pull-quote excerpts with mocking emojis. Throw in some <em>Niles from Frasier has really lost it</em> stuff. You can point, with justification, to the fact these other people, the actual greats, did it for a long time, not just one year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/10/arsenal-mikel-arteta-style-quadruple">Continue reading...</a>