At a risk of sounding ungrateful while the confetti's still getting swept up, we had better capitalise on having won the FA Cup again and finishing third in the Premiership. With the first achievement, we've made history; with the second, we have to feel like something slipped through our fingers. Then again, a third-place finish should (and had better) pave the way for the club to sign the players we need in order to challenge Chelsea for the Premier League title. In past seasons, we've been told by Arsène that we needed to qualify for the Champions League before signing players of a certain calibre. Whether this has been a fig-leaf for other fiduciary concerns is...
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