Arsenal Are Premier League Champions: First Title in 22 Years

Arsenal are Premier League champions. The 22-year wait is over.

The title was confirmed on Tuesday evening when Manchester City drew 1-1 at Bournemouth. Arsenal didn’t even need to kick a ball. The job was done for them, and given how this season has played out, that felt entirely appropriate. City stumbled at the crucial moment. Arsenal had already done the hard work over months of relentless football.

This is the club’s 14th top-flight championship, but none of them will feel quite like this one. The last came in the 2003-04 season: the Invincibles, Wenger’s unbeaten side, the standard that every Arsenal team since has been measured against. Twenty-two years of near misses, runners-up finishes, and rebuilding. Mikel Arteta has finally ended the drought.

The timeline puts it into context. Arsenal fans born when that Invincibles title was won are in their early twenties now. Kids who grew up watching this club chase a first league title for most of their lives. Arteta arrived in 2019 with a squad that needed serious work. He rebuilt methodically, finished second twice in three seasons before the final piece clicked into place this year.

The Gunners still have one Premier League fixture to play, so this title was secured with a game to spare, with City dropping points rather than Arsenal losing composure down the stretch. The patience held. The squad delivered when it counted.

A Double on the Table

Arsenal have a Champions League final in roughly 10 days. That’s a historic double on the table: Premier League and European Cup in the same season. No English club has managed it since Chelsea in 2012. Arsenal haven’t won the European Cup in their history. This final isn’t just a game, it’s a chance to rewrite what the club has achieved at the highest level.

The betting markets on the Champions League final are live right now. Odds are moving as news of the title sinks in. Whether Arsenal are favourites or not, the money will flood in over the next week and a half. Get your position in early.