A series of substandard performances have left the north London side much closer to the drop zone than to a top-four position.
Ex-Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour believes it is not beyond the realms of possibility for his former side to be unable to stay afloat in the Premier League.
The Gunners extended their winless streak to six successive league games following the 1-1 stalemate against Southampton on Wednesday.
Being largely inconsistent has befallen dreadful consequences upon them with Mikel Arteta’s men sitting 15th in the table with 14 points – just five points away from a relegation spot.
A poor attitude, lack of discipline, and absence of self-confidence in the team, as goalkeeper Bernd Leno pointed out recently, are the primary reasons for the north London side suffering their worst ever start to an English top-flight campaign.
And Parlour, using Leicester City’s extraordinary title triumph in 2015-15 to make his case, suggests Arsenal should not be too surprised if they face their worst fear.
Parlour told Off The Ball: “Someone asked me the question the other day, can they get relegated?
“I said, ‘well, probably not,’ but then you look at Leicester winning the league at 5,000/1 and they won it, so they can get relegated.
“If they don’t start picking up points and turning it around then there’s a real problem there.”
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