EPL: Nine teams can win title next season – Arteta

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7 months ago

July 22, 2025

At least nine Premier League teams could be in the race to win the title next season, according to Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta.

For three consecutive seasons now, the Gunners have finished as runners-up in the league .

In the first two years, Arteta’s men finished second to Manchester City. But they lost out to Liverpool in Arne Slot’s first season last campaign.

However, Arsenal have signed Martín Zubimendi, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Noni Madueke and Christian Nørgaard this summer.

Arteta could still add Valencia defender Cristhian Mosquera and Viktor Gyökeres from Sporting CP.

But their rivals Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea have also invested significant funds in their squads.

Arteta said: “There are another six, seven, eight clubs in the league that have the right ingredients to win and there is only going to be one winner.

“So we have to focus a lot on the things that we can control, that we can do, to achieve what we want at the end of the season.”

2026 World Cup: Super Eagles waiting for FIFA’s decision – Iwobi

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2 hours ago

February 6, 2026

Ekwutos Blog

Super Eagles playmaker, Alex Iwobi, has admitted they are waiting to see if the team would still play at the 2026 World Cup.

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is optimistic of a potential lifeline from FIFA, after it submitted a petition against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Iwobi was asked by SuperSport if he would rather lift the AFCON 2025 trophy or qualify for the World Cup?

The 29-year-old, who played at the 2018 of the World Cup, replied: “I mean we’re still waiting, well hopefully we can go to the World Cup, but I feel it’s a tough one.

“It’s a tough one because winning AFCON is like… It’s a great legacy, it’s a great thing to have like in your career, a memorable moment.

“But then at the same time, because I’ve been to the World Cup already, a lot of the players haven’t been. They would like to say ‘I want to go to the World Cup,’ so I can’t be selfish and say win the AFCON and for my teammates to not go to the World Cup. So it’s a tough one. I don’t know. I don’t know.”

Politics

PRESIDENT TINUBU CONDOLES WITH SAMUEL CHUKWUEZE OF THE SUPER EAGLES ON THE PASSING OF HIS MOTHER

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7 days ago

January 30, 2026

Ekwutos Blog

President Bola Tinubu sends his condolences

to Super Eagles forward Samuel Chukwueze on the passing of his mother.

The President also extends his sympathies to the family and friends of Mrs Sarah Chukwueze, who passed away on Thursday.

President Tinubu mourns with the Chukwueze family and encourages them to find solace in the memory and legacy of their late matriarch.

“The passing of Mrs Chukwueze, the mother of one of our bright football stars, just a few days after the passing of Super Eagles’ captain Wilfred Ndidi’s father, is deeply saddening.

I mourn with them, and I am with them in prayers during this difficult time,” the President says.

President Tinubu prays that God Almighty will grant the departed eternal rest.

Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President
(Information and Strategy)