Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain believes that last season’s FA Cup win over Hull City will spur the players on as the team look to build upon a season in which they spent more than 100 days at the top of the Premier League.
“When there’s a lot of talk about a team that should or could be winning things and it’s not happening it can become a little bit frustrating,” Oxlade-Chamberlain said to Sky Sports.
“There’s been a little bit of negative media about Arsenal in recent years but we always believed we would win a trophy soon and the squad we’re putting together could do it.
“The fact it did happen, I don’t know if it was a relief, it was a really nice reward for the togetherness we’ve had to show for a while now.
“It does start a winning momentum and once you know you can win, it gives you confidence – you can go into competitions thinking you can win and expecting to go far.”
When asked about the clubs new summer signings the Ox said: “It’s really exciting to see someone like Alexis Sanchez come in as well as Mathieu Debuchy and Calum Chambers, it definitely brings a really good lift to the squad – I feel it myself.
“When you’re playing with new players like that you want to get to know them, try to impress them and you want to gel with them as quickly as possible.
“It does bring a massive lift of excitement to the squad and we haven’t even seen Mesut Özil yet – when our Germany World Cup winners come back it will give us another lift again.”
