Carragher warns Mikel Arteta that he must win the trophy next season

Jamie Carragher warned that unless Mikel Arteta can bring trophys for Arsenal next season, his period of coaching may be remembered as an era of “rebuilding” rather than an era of winning.

Carragher wrote in the Daily Telegraph column before Arsenal's away challenge to Anfield that without tangible success, the patience and progress the club achieved under Arteta's leadership will soon become meaningless.

"After another season without a trophy, there is only one way to stop this: Next season must be Arsenal's most successful season in 22 years, otherwise Arteta's domination will be remembered as a period of reconstruction, not a period of glory. The foundation has been laid. Arsenal is the top team in the Premier League and the Champions League, only one step away from success. But the waiting of the golden moment cannot last forever. In the end, there must be a final result.

Arteta led the Gunners to the league runner-up for two consecutive years and reached the Champions League semi-finals, but Carragher said the result, not an excuse, will determine how people remember his term.

"The reality is that the sports we are engaged in focus on the results, not the ‘punishment’ measures taken to make up for the shortcomings. While it sounds harsh, the judgment is based on the time and place of your game, not its historical context. ”

Carragher compares Arteta's situation with his own team, Liverpool, who won all the titles except the Premier League title in the golden age of English football.

" Between 2001 and 2009, I played for Liverpool, which won all major honors except one, and went to the finals several times and won second place in the Premier League twice. ”

The same sentence is said every day on social media: 'You've never won a league title.' No one cares what we were facing at the time was Sir Ferguson, Wenger's "Invincible Legion" and Abramovich's huge fortune. We've never won a league title, so it's a thing of the past for others."

Carragher warned that Arteta's pressure to win next season will only increase, and if he can't achieve that, others will benefit from the platform he has built.

said his next transfer window might be the last chance, which sounds a bit extreme. Arteta has such a high reputation in the bank, and Arsenal has more resistance to management changes than desires, which is fair and correct.

"Arteta must make a difference next season or his legacy will become a foundation for the successor for years, and the successor will be asked to finish the final touches."