The Gunners didn't win any silverware, but they still had a campaign to remember regardless
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After pushing Manchester City to the limit for two years running, many expected Arsenal to take that next step in 2024-25 and win a trophy, if not the Premier League title altogether. For a multitude of reasons, that didn't quite come to fruition.
Mikel Arteta's men finished second once again, tying Arsene Wenger's past incarnation of the Gunners as the only two teams to place as runners-up in the Premier League for three seasons on the spin. Perhaps there is solace for the Spaniard knowing the Arsenal of old went on to win the title afterwards.
Away from domestic action, Arteta's Arsenal made a significant breakthrough in Europe, destroying holders Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals, before falling to a supremely talented Paris Saint-Germain outlet. Nevertheless, that represents progress on the biggest stage.
Arsenal's season was, for the most part, derailed by a string of injuries to key players at the worst possible time, and a streamlined squad found it difficult to cope even at the best of times. Exiting the campaign though, Arteta has claimed he knows what to do to end the men's team's drought.
GOAL rates every Arsenal player from an up-and-down season at the Emirates…
Follow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱Getty Images Sport24Takehiro Tomiyasu – N/A
Poor Takehiro Tomiyasu has been absolutely decimated by injuries, restricting the once promising defender to only a single six-minute appearance off the bench against Southampton in October. Arsenal would do well to find a buyer for their forgotten man considering this fitness record.
AdvertisementGetty Images Sport23Neto – N/A
In years to come, one-appearance wonder Neto will prove a great answer on pub quizzes. Arsenal signed the Bournemouth goalkeeper on loan after he had already been Carabao Cup-tied, meaning his only outing for the Gunners came in a Champions League dead rubber with Girona.
Getty Images Sport22Raheem Sterling – 0/10
Upon signing for Arsenal on loan at the end of summer transfer deadline day, Raheem Sterling warned the world we were about to see the best of him. We are therefore giving him a numerical rating based on the amount of goals he scored for the Gunners.
Even more shockingly is that Sterling's performances weren't even unforgettable, rather memorable for how ineffective they were. Goodness knows what his next step is upon returning from loan to Chelsea.
Getty Images Sport21Jorginho – 1/10
Jorginho will go down as a bit of an Arsenal cult hero for the leadership and composure he brought to the team during their 2022-23 and 2023-24 title fights, not to mention his move across London riled up Chelsea fans. His final year at the Emirates Stadium, however, was a bit more disappointing, largely hampered by injuries and declining physicality, meaning he was scarcely risked to play in Arteta's blood-and-thunder system.
He is now set to head back to his native Brazil with Flamengo.
