Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted that Liverpool are the favourites for the Premier League title after signing Alexander Isak.

The Gunners have finished as top-flight runners-up for the last three seasons in a row, missing out on the trophy to Arne Slot’s side in 2024-25.

Some football pundits, including Gary Neville, believe Arsenal will be crowned champions of England for the first time since 2004 this season.

But after Liverpool signed Newcastle United striker Isak in a £125m British record deal on deadline day, Arteta feels Liverpool are the ‘strongest’ team in the title race.

Arteta was quizzed in a press conference on Friday how Liverpool’s deal for Isak had ‘changed’ the title race in the 2025-26 campaign.

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