3 reasons why Arsenal will win the 2016/17 Premier League title

Defensive solidarity

One reason many people believe that Arsenal haven’t won the title in recent seasons is the state of their back five.

They struggled for a number one goalkeeper for many years, but stumbled across Chelsea’s Petr Cech last summer, and he has already proved his worth to Wenger by winning the Golden Glove last season.

Yet, there have always been question marks about the centre-backs, especially whether Per Mertesacker is actually good enough, and whether or not you are going to see the great Laurent Koscielny or the bad one.

However, the early impressions are that Arsenal are looking much more solid at the back, with the arrival of Shkodran Mustafi one reason for their improved defensive resilience.

He and Koscielny appear to have struck up a solid partnership at the back and, with Hector Bellerin continuing to impress and Nacho Monreal a decent defender, they might finally have a back five capable of going the distance.