Vermaelen looking to improve
Thomas Vermaelen is looking for improvement on his own and his team's performances next season.
The Belgian moved from Ajax to Arsenal last summer and enjoyed an impressive first season for the Gunners, proving solid in defence as well as surprisingly prolific in front of goal.
But Arsenal finished third in the league after some poor end of season form, and generally conceded too many goals over the course of the year.
The defender admits it was not easy making the move to England, but hopes he will be a better player after his first year at his new club in a new league.
He said: "I learned a lot from my first year in the Premier League. It's not easy when you come from another country because the Premier League is the hardest league in the world. I learned a lot from playing at a higher level, I've learned from different situations in the games, so I hope that I can improve next year.
"We have to continue what we've been doing, we're working hard. This year it didn't work out, but I'm still convinced that we have a lot of good players and a good team with a lot of quality and I'm convinced that next year we can win trophies with this team."
Vermaelen added that injuries to key players did not help Arsenal's cause in the big games towards the end of the season.
He said: "We had a lot of injuries this year from really important players. Cesc had a lot of injuries, Robin had a long injury, so if we can all be fit for a long time next season it will be a good year for us."
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I learned a lot from playing at a higher level, I've learned from different situations in the games, so I hope that I can improve next year
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