Arsène Wenger is confident his
young side will deliver on their potential next season.
Arsenal endured a difficult campaign last term. Although they
safely secured a Champions League place, Wengers men were never
truly in the hunt for the top two trophies.
The nearest they came to silverware was the Carling Cup when a
youthful side took the lead against Chelsea at the Millennium
Stadium before being overhauled late on.
The tournament was widely seen as a success for Wengers fledglings
and the Frenchman is backing those youngsters to deliver in the
major competitions next season.
Speaking on Arsenals season review DVD, out today, the manager
said: The potential [of these players is] as good as any weve had
until now. And those players have made big history here.
But you know that potential is one thing, to transform that into a
big career means as well being able to improve and focus every day.
Thats the target of this young squad; not only to promise but
deliver, and Im confident they will. Im 100 per cent behind this
team and I believe they can deliver next season.
The 2006/07 campaign was dominated by the switch to Emirates
Stadium. A trophy-laden 93 years at Highbury is hard to forget but,
according to Wenger, the move has been as smooth as it was
necessary.
Anybody who came to Highbury said to me after the game, thank you
very much for the invitation we had a marvellous day, he
commented. It goes on again now with the Emirates in a different
style because it is, of course, massive and theres more
comfort.
"You lose a little bit that kind of compact atmosphere that you get
still at Anfield when you look at Liverpool versus Chelsea but on
the other hand it has such a huge potential for the Club to develop
to a top level that is needed. It was needed and its
fantastic.