Per Mertesacker Eyes Top Four And German Stopper Feels Gunners Squad Are Starting To Gel.

Per Mertesacker insists everyone at Arsenal is focused on a top-four Premier League finish despite enduring a rocky start to the season and the gunners currently sit seventh in the standings after poor results early in the campaign hindered their progress for a arsene Wenger's men seem to be getting back on course having won their last two league encounters at home to Stoke and Sunderland.

And the german centre back Mertesacker summer arrival at Emirates Stadium from Werder Bremen, insists finishing in the top four, as well as progressing in the UEFA Champions League, are Arsenal's main objectives and the table is very important for us now Mertesacker told Sky Sports News To be in the 1st four is kind of a target everybody has at this club in the Champions League we want to go through it's a hard wait for a i am very confident and I think we'll do this.

He arrived at Arsenal on transfer deadline day and admits not being able to get acquainted with the team in pre season has made it more difficult to settle in North London and 27-year-old feels things are coming together now the players who arrived late in the transfer window are better adjusted for we have no time to do lots of work to we have to use the games and work hard as a team, he added to if we have no pre-season it's a difficult situation but now I've had my pre-season and we are doing well.

Ayila keen on Champions League spot

Football news: Although he leftovers a doubt for tonight’s Champions League clash with Dutch giants, Ajax Amsterdam,

Dynamo Kyiv midfielder, Yusuf Ayila leftovers hopeful of his team’s probability of making it into the group stage of the UEFA Champions League opposition.

Dynamo has met Dutch associations 10 times in European competitions. The last time was in 2002 when they banged out Feyenoord and for Ayila a favourable consequence at home today will see them play in the group stages of the opposition.

“We have to win well at home so as to have the benefit when we go for the second leg in Amsterdam in a fortnight,” he told his association website.

In the direction of construct it to this stage of the rivalry, the four-time European champion; Ajax got a 3-3 draw at PAOK in Greece and a 1-1 draw back home, advancing as of the away goal rule.

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