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Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Ayo Akimolere.

After 22 years, Arsenal have finally won the Premier League.

So how did Mikhail Arteta transform the gunners from pretenders to champions.

All right, in with us for this one.

Our football correspondent, David Ornstein.

We've also got former Arsenal midfielder with us, Adrian Clark, as well.

So Manchester City's draw with Bournemouth handed the title to Arsenal on Tuesday night.

It needs to be a two-step recovery process here for Manchester City to keep the title race alive. Arsenal are champions of England for the first time in 22 years.

David, after three consecutive seasons finish in second, Arsenal have finally got over the line.

What does this mean for Miguel Artetta and indeed Arsenal?

This is absolutely monumental on an individual level for him, on a collective level for his players,

the staff, executives, ownership, supporters, for English football to have a newish champion because it's the first time in 22 years since 2004

for the European game. It's also a bit of a vindication really of building organically

coming through tough times, a stadium move, which, you know, I don't believe Man City obviously

had the move to the Etihad, but that was a very different

period in their footballing history. Arsenal were sort of competitors who fell back as a result

of their ambition and need to grow. And there were some really barren times when there was a lot of unhappiness and acrimony

changes on and off the pitch financial strife arson venga leaving after yep 22 years

and all the battles between the cronkies and usmanoff and Unaemri onto Mikhail Arteta. They won an

FA Cup. They then entered some very difficult times where many people on the outside were calling

for his head, but the ownership stood by him wholeheartedly. They never questioned his continuation

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