‘Better than everyone by a million miles’ – Man Utd icon Gary Neville tips Arsenal to win Premier League due to key area

GARY NEVILLE reckons Arsenal will retain their title because they have the best defence in the Premier League by “a million miles”. This summer, the Gunners have added £55million Ezri Konsa to Mikel Arteta‘s defensive group, which was already chock-full of top stars. Gary Neville has tipped Arsenal to retain their Premier League crown Credit: David Davies/PA Wire Arsenal have added Ezri Konsa to a defensive unit that was already strong Credit: Getty Images And on a weekend when Chelsea shipped three goals and Manchester United shipped two en route to victories over Brighton and Ipswich, Neville was reminded why Arsenal are fancied to go back-to-back. He told Sky Sports: “It’s incredible what Arsenal have done, really, to sign Ezri Konsa. Sign up for the Arsenal newsletter Thank you! “They’ve already got eight amazing defenders and now they’ve signed another really good centre-half. “It’s almost like they’re doubling down and saying, ‘We’re not going to concede goals, we’re just going to make sure we’re better than everyone else defensively by a million miles’. And they are. “That will win them a title again.” Konsa was at the Emirates to watch Arsenal thrash newly-promoted Coventry last Friday. And he is in contention to feature at old club Aston Villa tonight as the North Londoners bid to continue their perfect start. Arsenal have talented players all over the pitch, but it is their defensive unit which, Neville thinks, will make it a tough night for the hosts at Villa Park. Most read in Sport BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UK He continued: “If you were to ask if you’d swap Arsenal’s front players for United’s, Liverpool’s, Chelsea’s, you might actually keep the front players. “From a defensive perspective or in midfield, you’d swap all of them. “When you think of [Jurrien] Timber, [Riccardo] Calafiori, [William] Saliba and Gabriel, that’s a proper back-four with the goalkeeper David Raya behind them. “That’s the only real team I look at right now.” Comment now