Man City lose, transfer agreed, Timber boost - Arsenal dream end of the season for Mikel Arteta

Two games, 180 (ish) minutes, six points, less than a fortnight. Arsenal are so close to footballing immortality.

They are on the brink, even if it's not in their hands, of winning a first league title in 20 years.Mikel Arteta could be the first man not named Pep Guardiola or Jurgen Klopp to lift the trophy since Antonio Conte did it in 2017.

Eight-and-a-half months have led up to this moment, the last week or so. There's no domestic or European Cup distractions, the Champions League has been and gone, a promise of the years to come for this young squad.

Then we do it all again. Weeks of analysis, post-mortems, hindsight, and looking for extra points. What if they'd been a bit more attacking at the Etihad Stadium, what a comeback draw that was at Stamford Bridge, should more goals have come against Sheffield United?

The Euros will follow, and transfer speculation will ramp up. Arsenal can build, they can avoid the managerial merry-go-round that could come for teams across the continent. Arteta will be eyeing up another strong set of targets and the pre-season tour to follow.

This year is not even over yet and attention is already, in some camps, on 2024/25. The financial restrictions of the summer window, the new additions and players returning from injury, the cycle will go on regardless.

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Here, football.london takes a look at what Arsenal can be hopeful of seeing in the coming weeks before international football takes over.

The title isn't over just yet. City look inevitable and have made light work of securing results in