{"id":1763,"date":"2026-03-21T20:23:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2026-03-21T20:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:23:59","slug":"paul-merson-tells-gunners-exactly-when-they-can-start-believing-in-the-quadruple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1763","title":{"rendered":"Paul Merson tells Gunners exactly when they can &#8216;start believing&#8217; in the quadruple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Paul Merson has detailed exactly when he believes Arsenal can \u201cstart believing\u201d in the quadruple, as he feels the Premier League is \u201cdone\u201d already.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners are having what could end as the best season in their history. Rarely in recent history have they been in contention for as many competitions as they are at this point.<\/p>\n<p>They have won just one trophy under Mikel Arteta and haven\u2019t won the Premier League since 2003\/04. After three second-placed finishes on the bounce in the league, Arsenal are nine points clear of Manchester City, play the Citizens in the League Cup final on Sunday, and are in the quarters of the FA Cup and Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>City have a game in hand in the league which could cut <strong>Arsenal<\/strong>\u2018s lead to six points, but Arteta\u2019s side are in a commanding position either way, while ties against Southampton and Sporting CP in the FA Cup and Champions League, respectively, are favourable for their hopes of advancing.<\/p>\n<p>Former Arsenal man Merson feels they can soon start to believe that winning all four titles is possible, with the biggest test coming on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>READ<\/strong><\/em>: <strong>Arsenal \u2018intend to buy\u2019 Rashford as Barcelona plans won\u2019t please Man Utd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He told <em>Sky Sports<\/em>: \u201cIf Arsenal win this final, you would have to start believing about a quadruple. With the cup draws they\u2019ve got and the position they\u2019re in the league and with the squad they\u2019ve got, it won\u2019t be far off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the hardest game of the lot for Arsenal. This is a one-off football match against serial winners who have been to Wembley before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Premier League, for me, is done. A nine-point lead means Arsenal would have to lose two or three games by the end of the season. Sporting Lisbon, they\u2019ve got two games against them so you can have a bad 30 to 40 minutes and still be alright. The FA Cup, they\u2019ve got a good draw again against Southampton.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>READ<\/strong><\/em>: <strong>Arsenal planning superb \u00a3146m double Newcastle raid with interest \u2018confirmed\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"1ffbae35d432d0d71911ca2a0b209fbb\" image-id=\"prsiAQP9LMRY\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they do lose, you know the headlines the next day. And in the international break, you\u2019d go away with England and you\u2019d get slaughtered by rival players. And then we will only know how it will affect the players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt could knock the stuffing out of them if they lose. I don\u2019t think it will, but it will be psychological \u2013 and especially if Man City go and beat them straight away in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if Arsenal win the game, what chance have the other teams got?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/em>: <strong>Arsenal show \u2018significant\u2019 interest in Ben White upgrade outscoring Jurrien Timber<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '1399787394855675');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><script>\n        !function(e,n,t){var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)(0);e.getElementById\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Merson has detailed exactly when he believes Arsenal can \u201cstart believing\u201d in the quadruple,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}