Reasons for Arsenal’s Trophy Drought part 2 36
Posted on
January 07, 2013 by
Bob
Why Arsenal haven’t won anything in seven years by Ix Techau
The plan was never to sell Henry, Pires or Vieira, instead the hope was to follow the same pattern as Man Utd did with players like Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs. But as the long-term plan was in place, the financial benefit of selling these players would mean accelerating the reduction in debt, and that’s where the first big mistake was made. It wasn’t solely the board’s or Wenger’s fault though, the players themselves had expressed a desire to move on.
