Piero Hincapie says he wants to win the Premier League and the Champions League with Arsenal, and he made clear the timing matters as much as the ambition. Speaking before Arsenal were due to welcome Burnley to the Emirates Stadium, the defender said it was important that he becomes champion in his first season and added that it would bring him immense happiness.
Hincapie said he feels that excitement for the club and described the mood inside the squad as charged with belief. Arsenal, he said, are two games away from another Premier League title and have reached a Champions League final, leaving the team with what he called a very exciting moment and a strong desire to win everything.
Burnley arrived already relegated, which sharpened the contrast between the two sides on the day Arsenal were set to play. For Arsenal, the stakes were bigger than a routine league fixture. The club is being framed as a side that could turn a strong run into history if it finishes the season by winning its remaining games.
Hincapie has become a key member since signing for Arsenal less than a year ago, and his remarks fit the mood around a team that believes the biggest prizes are within reach. The numbers are simple enough. Win the next two games and the Premier League title is there to seize. Go on to win all three, and the season begins to take on the sort of scale clubs talk about for years.
What stands out is not just the confidence, but the way Hincapie described it from inside the dressing room. He did not speak like a player trying to soften expectations. He spoke like someone who believes the club has already reached the point where wanting both trophies is no longer fantasy but the standard.
That is what makes the Burnley match more than another date on the calendar. Arsenal entered it with the weight of a title chase and the noise of a dressing room that, in Hincapie’s words, has plenty of desire to win everything. If the team keeps that edge through the run-in, this season could end as one of the club’s defining modern campaigns.
