EPL: "We’re Back In Europe, Arsenal Will Be Cheering For Norwich" – Arteta
Mikel Arteta believes Arsenal ‘have come a long way’ this season but says the club now need to ‘take the next step’.
Joy Kalu 
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has said returning to Europe is one positive thing to take away from the season.
The Gunners were without European football last campaign after they finished in eighth place.
However, with one game left, they are one point behind rivals Tottenham Hotspur and could even get the Champions League ticket if Antonio Conte’s men slip up at Norwich.
Speaking during his Friday press conference, Arteta said: “We are back in Europe. We don’t know where. Tomorrow it will be decided.
"Hopefully it will be Champions League.
“We are going to be cheering for Norwich… after that, we need resources and to increase the quality of the squad.”
Arteta insisted the ambition for Arsenal must be to challenge at the top end of the Premier League, but says it will take ‘time and windows’ before the Gunners can compete with England’s elite.
The Spaniard suggested there will be money to spend this summer as Arsenal look to improve, but warned the club’s Premier League rivals will also invest ahead of the new season.
“We are going to have certain resources, not unlimited resources, certain resources,” he said.
“We don’t know what the rest are going to have which I assume is going to be challenging because now it’s not a top three, it’s a top eight.”
Arsenal is understood to be closing in on their first signing of the summer in Marquinhos, with the 19-year-old forward set to undergo a medical ahead of a £3m move from Sao Paulo.
