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Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has backed Arsenal to win the Quadruple on one condition, and Micah Richards has also offered his thoughts.<\/p>\n
Arsenal<\/strong> are looking to end their long wait for silverware by winning at least one trophy this season and are currently contesting on all four fronts.<\/p>\n Mikel Arteta<\/strong>\u2018s side are top of the Premier League and face Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final this weekend, while they have also advanced in the Champions League and FA Cup.<\/p>\n The Gunners are certainly equipped to seriously challenge for all four trophies as they have quality options in every position after spending \u00a3250m to arguably complete their squad last summer.<\/p>\n And Shearer thinks the Quadruple is \u201cseriously on\u201d if Arsenal beat Man City in the Carabao Cup final this weekend.<\/p>\n \u201cIf Arsenal win the Carabao Cup, the quadruple is seriously on,\u201d Shearer told Betfair.<\/p>\n READ: Arsenal sixth as deepest Quadruple runs ever ranked, with sweary Guardiola in sight \u201cAnd it\u2019s a big if because it\u2019s a huge game, a huge game for both clubs because this probably is City\u2019s last chance in terms of the silverware.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a huge game for both clubs but yeah, If Arsenal win this one, then the talk will intensify of winning four trophies, which clearly has never been done before.\u201d<\/p>\n Richards, meanwhile, has explained why Arsenal are one of the \u201cfavourites\u201d to win the Champions League.<\/p>\n \u201cArsenal are not going to approach the game (the Carabao Cup final) and play a second-string team, not at all,\u201d Richards told The Rest Is Football.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Arsenal told two clubs will stop them winning Champions League this season \u2013 \u2018it\u2019s a weird feeling\u2019 \u201cWhen you look at the Premier League, Man City have been off, we\u2019ve talked about Chelsea and Liverpool, Man United are coming back stronger now, this is an opportunity for them (Arsenal) to capitalise on two big trophies.<\/p>\n \u201cI look at the Champions League and the way Arsenal play defensively, I said it a couple of weeks ago, they can win it, they would be one of my favourites, they have a better chance to win that because defensively and they always nick a goal.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the Premier League, I thought it would be closer now and I thought it would go to the Man City game but they\u2019ve got the little edge on that now.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019re looking at Arsenal\u2019s potential route to the Champions League final you\u2019d take that all day and then you\u2019re thinking you\u2019ve got that little buffer in the Premier League, I\u2019d be looking at the League Cup thinking it\u2019s a trophy but it\u2019s not the biggest trophy. If they were to lose that, I wouldn\u2019t be losing sleep over it because they are in a perfect position now to win two humungous trophies.\u201d<\/p>\n And Richards has also backed Arsenal to \u201cbatter\u201d Barcelona if they meet in the Champions League.<\/p>\n \u201cArsenal would beat Barcelona. If Barcelona play that high line then Arsenal would absolutely batter them,\u201d Richards added.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Ranking the 10 best teenagers in world football as Dowman breaks in after first Arsenal goal \u201cIf they take it back five yards, Barcelona could absolutely batter Arsenal.<\/p>\n \u201cMartinelli, 100 per cent, would absolutely love to play against that without doubt.<\/p>\n \u201cEven Gyokeres, he\u2019s not the quickest but he\u2019s a strong runner, all his goals before at Sporting, that\u2019s what he used to do, so I think if they play a high line against Arsenal, Arsenal would absolutely batter them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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