I wouldn’t put any bets on Arsenal to finish in top four this season, says Man Utd legend Keane despite fine pre-season
ROY KEANE is not backing Arsenal to make the top four despite a brilliant pre-season campaign.
The Gunners beat Sevilla 6-0 in the Emirates Cup on Saturday to cap off a perfect July which also included a win over Chelsea.
Summer signing Gabriel Jesus has been in fine form and netted a hat-trick against Sevilla to take his pre-season goal tally to seven.
But Keane is not convinced Mikel Arteta's side will qualify for the Champions League after throwing away fourth place last season.
Appearing on a debate, Keane said: ";I couldn’t agree more I think this [previous season] was their opportunity [to return to the Champions League].
"They blew it, they got into a great position, four, five games to go in the season you think they’re in pole position and they blew it.
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"They couldn’t get over the line. They were poor, the Newcastle game was a real blow to them where they never turned up.
"The manager was quite critical of them after the game, some of the players were - senior ones - so you wouldn’t be putting any bets on Arsenal to finish top four next season because the other teams.
"Man United will get better you’d of thought. Tottenham will be stronger, you can’t see it, big set-back."
The Gunners have shown promising form in the last few weeks but Arteta is still planning more additions, despite spending £117million so far.
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One player reportedly of interest is Chelsea star Timo Werner, with the Blues said to be willing to part ways with the German this summer.
Werner is on an incredible £270k-a-week, but reports say the forward would be happy to take a wage cut in order to play more regularly.