Tony Adams says Arsenal ‘have peaked’ and Mikel Arteta is in danger

Tony Adams has warned that his former club Arsenal ‘have peaked’ and has suggested that manager Mikel Arteta could be in danger of losing his job.

‘Mikel Arteta worked wonders to get Arsenal into second place considering the players he had at his disposal,’ Adams told The Sun.

‘But when a manager has massively over-performed and raised a club’s expectations so high, there’s often a fallout if the level of improvement isn’t maintained the following season.

‘And when that happens, he’s often gone by Christmas.’

Adams, though, ultimately does not think Arsenal will sack Arteta and will stick with the manager who led them to FA Cup glory in 2019-20.

‘I am not for one minute suggesting that the Gunners are going to be getting rid of Arteta, but I do fear that this could be as good as it gets for them,’ he added.

‘No one expected them to finish so high but the downside to all that is where do they go from here? I hate to sound like a prophet of doom, but I do believe that a lot of this team has already peaked.

‘It was possibly the best season that many of them will ever have. I don’t think they’ll get to that level again.

‘They’re definitely not going to challenge Manchester City next season and without serious recruitment this summer it will be a struggle for them to finish runners-up again.

‘City’s B team is better than any other Premier League side and we know that Newcastle, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea will all be much stronger next time out.’

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