Country: England
Player:Saliba
Totally agree, Wenger made top 4 from year 1 but things were very different back then. Money is more important today which is why one of the best managers in the league, continually performing above his squad cost, Pochettino, has still won **** all.Wenger's job in his first few years - which were his most successful - was arguably much easier than what Emery faces.
When Arséne joined Arsenal you had a dominant Manu, a competitive Newcastle and not much more.
Unai is faced with four teams that spend way more than Arsenal (and were all ahead of us last season), a team with a good squad which has outgunned us for two seasons and the danger that there are 2/3 other teams who are not that far behind us and could easily overtake us with reinforcements.
5th would be some kind of achievement but I fear dark days ahead. Whenthe Fifth Place Trophy is all you have to look forward to....