Arsenal celebrates Premier League title with massive fan parade

Arsenal players, staff, and an ecstatic crowd of hundreds of thousands celebrated the club's first Premier League title in 22 years with an extensive bus parade through north London. The jubilant procession, spanning five miles and lasting two and a half hours, began and ended at the Emirates Stadium.

Fans, some of whom had waited since early Sunday morning, lined the streets to witness the Arsenal men's and women's teams, who were featured on four separate buses. The women's team was also celebrated for their recent Women's Champions Cup victory. A large tifo, previously displayed against Tottenham, declared "The Arsenal - These streets are our own."

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I love this team, I love the manager. To see the joy we can give people, it's crazy. But next year we're coming back for more.

Midfielder Declan Rice, who has been instrumental in Arsenal's success, playfully mocked critics by leading a chant of "set-piece again, ole, ole." He then enthusiastically joined in singing Vanilla Ice's "Ice, Ice Baby" at the request of teammate Ben White, much to the delight of the fans. "I love this team, I love the manager," Rice told Sky Sports. "To see the joy we can give people, it's crazy. But next year we're coming back for more."

Captain Martin Odegaard, the first Arsenal captain to lift the Premier League trophy since Patrick Vieira in 2004, proudly paraded the silverware. The team finished seven points ahead of Manchester City, securing their 14th English championship and first since the "Invincibles" season of 2003-04. The celebration followed a narrow defeat to Paris St-Germain in the Champions League final on penalties the previous day.

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This is crazy