Arsenal have exposed hypocrites and busted £150m myth to disturb Tottenham and Manchester United

Arsenal are leading the chase for the final Champions League qualification place this season, sitting in fourth spot with a significant number of games to be played over many of their rivals. Their form has only improved since the turn of the year and the performances have matched the results.

Mikel Arteta has however started to see the perception of his Arsenal side begin to shift. Where before the Gunners were something to giggle at and write off, now words such as ‘should be’ and ‘top-four failure’ are being used against his side.

This all symbolises the positive work he has done and the hypocrisy of Arsenal’s rivals starting to emerge has been brilliant to witness.

“[Martin] Odegaard, [Aaron] Ramsdale, Ben White, [Sambi] Lokonga and [Nuno] Tavares. They’ve spent £135m on a B team,” Jamie O’Hara said on August 18th 2021, prior to the arrival of Takehiro Tomiyasu which took the club’s spending to approximately £150m.

Yet speaking this week to Laura Woods about Arsenal’s top-four hopes on talkSPORT, the former Billericay Town and Spurs player O’Hara appeared to have completely changed his tune.

Woods started by stating: "It's becoming a realistic possibility that they [Arsenal] could finish in the top four and that for me would be a massive overachievement."

O'Hara replied: "Is it though? They've spent £150million. It's Arsenal Football Club, they should be there.”

It appears that Arsenal’s rivals are suddenly trying to move the goalposts as the club pushes onwards beyond what anyone thought would be achieved this season.

Even some Arsenal supporters who may not be the biggest backers of Arteta have started to describe missing out on the top four as a colossal failure despite lesser pre-season expectations.

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