Mohamed Elneny has only been an Arsenal player five minutes but he already knows the score.

Speaking recently, the midfielder opened up about the shift in his career that comes with playing for a club like Arsenal and revealed how enthusiastic he is to have signed for the best club in the Premier League.

“I can see that Arsenal are having one of their best seasons, that makes me very enthusiastic to play with the best team in the Premier League, both now and in the past,” he said.

“That is why I am very keen to accept this responsibility. I am very aware of this and I am well prepared for this task.”

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Arsenal’s Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Elneny warms up ahead of the English Premier League football match between Stoke City and Arsenal at the Britannia Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, central England on January 17, 2016. AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFF RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.. / AFP / OLI SCARFF (Photo credit should read OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images)

The thing is, while a season ago I would have metaphorically patted the former Basel man on the head and given our media training team a thumbs up, this season he’s not actually wrong. We actually are the best team in the Premier League, which is proven by our current position at the top of the table.

What other contenders are there? Man City? We beat them. Leicester? We beat them. Manchester United? Beat them too.

It can no longer be argued that we don’t perform against our rivals and only pick up points against the teams lower in the table.

Elneny is lucky in that he’s stepped into a ready-made team. Although we technically needed him, Francis Coquelin is now back in training and in seasons gone by, we might not have strengthened. Our squad was strong but now we’re even stronger.