{"id":11455,"date":"2026-05-21T12:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11455"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:01:16","slug":"mohamed-salah-backed-arsenal-to-win-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11455","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah backed Arsenal to win Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"


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When Mohamed Salah backed Arsenal to win the Premier League title back in August, while his own Liverpool side were splashing a record-breaking sum on new signings, most Arsenal fans slandered him for playing mind games.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nine months later, the Egyptian King looks like an absolute genius.<\/p>\n

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Mohamed Salah predicted Arsenal Premier League title win in August<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Speaking to Sky Sports<\/a> at the start of the 25\/26 season, Salah made a bold and eyebrow-raising prediction.<\/p>\n

Rather than backing the defending champions Liverpool, who had just spent an eye-watering \u00a3446 million on a glittering array of new signings including Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez, Salah pointed the finger firmly at Arsenal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said it a few times, today and a the PFA awards as well that Arsenal are the favourites because they have team that have been together for five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey understand each other\u2019s game, and they have a manager also in the team for five, six years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the team is stuck together for that long, they know each other\u2019s game \u2014 so it becomes easier for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOther teams like us and Man City changing a lot of players which is sometimes tricky but again with Pep Guardiola, they are always the favourites.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, of course my opinion is that this year Arsenal number one\u201d<\/p>\n

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“My opinion this year is Arsenal number one” <\/p>\n

Mo Salah tells us why he believes Arsenal are favourites for the title this season ? pic.twitter.com\/nSijYUQtGc<\/a><\/p>\n

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Salah prediction shows elite football knowledge<\/h2>\n

At the time, the comments seemed almost generous. Liverpool were the champions. They had just shattered their transfer record.<\/p>\n

The expectation across the football world was that Arne Slot\u2019s side, now armed with world-class reinforcements, would be near-impossible to dethrone.<\/p>\n

But Salah saw something others didn\u2019t. He identified the one thing money cannot buy overnight: cohesion.<\/p>\n

Not only this, he even rather boldly claimed at the PFA awards that Liverpool are not as strong as they were last season despite the reinforcements.<\/p>\n

Arsenal\u2019s core had been built patiently under Mikel Arteta over half a decade, with Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, William Saliba and Gabriel forming the spine of one of the most well-drilled units in European football.<\/p>\n

His reasoning was not luck, it was pure, elite-level football IQ. The kind of analytical clarity that made Salah one of the greatest players of his generation is evidently not limited to what he produces on the pitch.<\/p>\n

Arsenal were confirmed as Premier League champions on Tuesday night after Manchester City drew 1-1 with Bournemouth, leaving the Gunners with a four-point lead with one game to play.<\/p>\n

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