Wenger admits that Thierry Henry left Arsenal to win trophies (like Van Persie will…)
Arsene Wenger has welcomed Thierry Henry back to Arsenal on a short term loan, and whilst talking about the Gunners record goalscorer he has admitted that the Frenchman moved to Barcelona as he wanted to win some more trophies before he retired.
In a scenario strikingly similar to today’s problem with Robin Van Persie, Henry was approaching the end of his top-class career and felt that Arsenal were not going to win anything for at least a few years after he left.
Wenger said: “It was simple: I wanted Thierry to stay and he said ‘you have a young team, they will be good in three or four years but I don’t have time to wait because I am 30 and I have to go somewhere that I have a chance to win.’
“So he went to Barcelona, which was completely logical.”
So it sounds like Wenger will be just as understanding when Robin Van Persie leaves next summer in his quest to win something before he retires. The Dutchman has made no secret of his admiration for Barcelona, so maybe he will follow in Henry’s footsteps……
Wenger also told how he knew that Henry still had the desire to play in the Premier League, but wanted to watch him train for a few weeks before deciding whether he still had the fitness to cope with the Premiership.
He said: “When Thierry started training with us again it did take me two or three weeks to decide because you have to see what kind of impact he’d have with the team.
“I needed to know how he was physically, because you don’t know how it is in the States.
“I know how high the demands are in the Premier League. They are absolutely exceptional, the highest in the world, and you have to see if he can cope with that.
“When I had him on the phone a few times in the States he had an Achilles problem so I wanted to see how he responded to intense training again and he did well.
“But I know that the other players are very happy he is here.
“It was more of a case of how he coped physically and whether he wanted it as well – I was quickly convinced that he’d like the challenge.”
Henry certainly still has the desire and passion (as he showed in the altercation with Arsenal fans after the Swansea match) and he still has the skill (as shown against Leeds) and this is just making me wonder if Arsenal may have won some more trophies if he had stayed……
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Henry is a legend, and RVP will stay. god bless Arsenal
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Love RVP and don’t want him to leave. If Henry didn’t leave, maybe RVP wouldn’t have so many chances to come back from injury and produce a great 2011 year performance.
It’s always harder in foresight but easier in hindsight. My belief is, there always comes a time when each team needs a change of guard. You have to put yourself in RVP’s shoes and think, “hey I’m only a few years from retiring and this will be my last lucrative contract”. I don’t doubt RVP’s loyalty to Arsenal, but everyone should be able to understand that your family comes first and you always do what’s best for them, not the millions of supporters and strangers that you’ll never meet.
If he goes, I wish him well and will sorely miss him. It’s how we will reinvest with the dollars we collect from his sale that concerns me most.
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Oh dear!
so u all agree that we are a club that buys young players make them stars and watch them leave and u pay the highest ticket in the division and its all ok because our owners are makin more money
is this why we moved to emirates?
Someone please make me understand
am worried sick
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Well wenger do something to keep rvp if he goes were really in f#cked strengthen are squad show we have ambition to compete for titles buy samba podilski hazard or m villa that would seriously strengthen are squad to beat the best come on arsenal were a top club anything under fourth in the league is not good enough and next year title condenders
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We dont know if RVP will go but if he does, who can blame him. Only the club’s lack of ambition let him down, not the fans.
On the flip side, the club stood by him when he was rubbing horse placenta all over himself and getting decent wages.
Now he has had a great year he potentially wants off.
So the bottom line is….where is the loyalty? The answer probably is nowhere.
When the player is past their sell by date they are cast aside by the club.
When the player is doing well, they look for the biggest pay day and cast the club aside.
The fans feel cheated and abuse the player. Only natural to be selfish about the club you love.
However, all is fair in love and war and football contracts.
If RVP goes, its just another cycle. Not the first, not the last.
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agreed….thts what u got wenger…selling good players to ur arch rivals
ex adebayor,clichy,nasri
when rvp leaves……u got nobody…..chamakh is useless
and u gonna let park play with no BPL experiences
then u lose to a club ( swansea ) tht u wasnt suppost to lose……
fans r frustrated plus tired seeing our beloved club hving a losing streek
p/s: i don’t care if u guys disliked this coz im telling the truth
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Rvp shd stay on condition that mr wenger makes big signings to prove his ambition to succeed
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Due to this, the club will loose its popularity/famous because big names wont agree to sign a club which dont want trophies. It shows like this is a clear vision of the club. winning of trophies is by chance. Bosses of the team expect that oneday by good luck players who have no big names can win the cup.
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@ H,
Meant to give you a thumbs up for the comment but accidentally click on thumbs down. 100% agree with the comment.
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This whole thing is getting very puzzling. Does arsenal not have any sense of shame or pride? Wenger is openly admitting that he is incapable of winning trophies and encouraging his players to go elsewhere much better than arsenal.That to me is self-indictment of the highest order.If henry and rvp are really great, let make arsenal win something not runing elsewhere.Finally, wenger and the arsenal board shld have some pride.
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If Rvp goes then that’s it. I’m gonna get really &%$%& &%$%& off. Were be under Tottenham for years to come. Wenger your a joke.
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Yes! “Completely logical”! Why hangout with dead woods? Nice move, Thiery, you really saw it coming. Wenger, I would be ashamed of myself if I said such things before the press, go and learn the meaning of “bad precedent”. Robin would unsurprisingly do likewise, and so will the rest of the now impatient growing players, in the spirit of what Wenger terms “completely logica”l.
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as long as we have wenger we won’t win another thing he has to go and then bring a manager in with desire
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if we got a new manager watch him clear out all the shite players
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We are in a big trouble that’s i can say few more games?& we will start to see a empty stadium i promise you if we dont buy gd enough players but still i love arsenal football club but not so much some of the useless players gd luck to us god plz help us we now need his help
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I dont think we have a young team at all we have a young goalkeeper but arshavin rosicky benayoun almunia are all the wrong side of 30 sagna van persie arteta are almost 30 and our signings like mertesacker park santo gervinho are hardly kids. no the problem is we a have crap team that is run by a board and manger bereft of ideas and to stingy to pay the.salaries that other clubs are paying. our strategy is all wrong a large squad in fact the.biggest in the epl. so big that we have the 3 largest wage bill yet the top earner earns about a third of what the majority of the city squad are earning. our last remaining top player will leave in the summer hopefully the boss and the board will resign too allowing the big russian to build a new dynasty. there is no way forward under the current regime.
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Are we the new Ajax of Europe…. House of brilliant talent…. and tag all our stars as SOLD once they “enter” their prime…?? Unfortunately YES….!!
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Kroenke out.
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Arsenal is like a house of cards , it can come crashing down any minute
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DAMN IT!
When will the higher ups see that we keep bringing in young players, but they keep getting lost, and have not enough players to look up to, and eventually leave because everyone is clueless together.
We have an awesome youth system, no doubt. Great talent, technically gifted, fast, fit, pacy…
But they don’t know how to win! Even someone like wilshere will become disheartened if we keep missing out in the last step due to the lack of experience. It is time to wake up and sign some experienced players, and get rid of the injury prone ones.
Deep inside we all know that players like Henry, Kolo Toure, Gael Clichy, Cesc Fabregas, and dare I say it, $amir Na$ri gave their all for the Arsenal cause, but we kept faltering at the last step. It is difficult to be in a losing team all the time, and the answer has always been to strengthen significantly. We have always been replacing players that want to LEAVE, but not getting rid of deadwood. So we keep getting replacements, but we need REINFORCEMENTS.
It has been going in a cycle and we really need to stop it ASAP.
Gooner for life.
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If Van Persie leaves this summer i wont blame him. Think about it you have been patient with a team for over 5 years trying to break into the first team. When you do (3years ago) you arw very good but you work with the team and stay loyal. He has 2 years left of being world class then he is another decent striker. He wants his family to see him lift trophies. All thos legends you hear about from 30 years ago, they won trophies Van Persie just has the one. I also didnt mind it when Cesc left as he took a wage cut to push it through, he did it for passion. Something that lacks in the modern game. But then people like Nasri are just disgusting, after all it was his fault we didnt get a trophy( partly obviously) he had a dip of form in the second half of the season and when you are top class player and in the top 3 of your team , that shouldnt happen. Anyway, he learnt his lesson, he had another bad gane against Wigan and was subbed off early.
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yes van persie you shud go.u dserve the best.arsenal is pathetic n a useles club which hv no ambition.
Arsenal club is an annoying club.He dnt tke the best player seriously.n it is a joke for someone as ur clas doin evrythng bt the team is nothing.
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wenger has already said he is willing to sell rvp, in the summer to man city for 30 million. so watch out for a striker from lyon, joining the ranks of arsenals latest flops from france, so for fab, nasri. clichy and rvp total sell 100 million, total buys, 0. = struggle for champions league, fa cup . premier league. not adding carling cup, as we all ready flopped in that final, and the squad just keeps getting weaker, ! you should of been remembered for the invincibles mr wenger, but now ur just be remembered every christmas as scrooge, because you wont spend. and ur team is not good enough. no spirit no fight. = no glory .
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Does it make any sense commenting on matters that concern this club when fans’ comments, views, and feelings are not taking seriously by those who run this club? Now I like hearing results when Arsenal plays, and not watch myself so I can extend my life span and not die of heart attack.
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Henry left arsenal coz he wanted to win the CL and saw more a chance that happening with barca than us, we was selling are best players and the team was getting younger,,,Henry had won everything there was to win being with us who can blame him for his move,,,,,, now let get on to Rvp ,, I understnd both sides to this why he would leave and why he should stay,,, RVP has been with us how long and its not untill 2011 that his played a whole year,now I dont wanna jinx it but his never in his time here finish a season I know how much we love RVP but the is one joke of a stat there,,,so you can understnd there why fans want the same loyaty from him as wr gave him when forever injured,,,,,,,,understnd why he would leave if arsenal dont up his wage to the right price, and if we fail to bring in two high name players
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I hope mOrission comes to arsenal
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it is our club,! ur club ! arsenal fans, start making your feelings shown, another defeat at home on sunday, another embarassing defensive display,. still support ur club, but watch at home, after all it is u who put the money into arsenal football club, so stand up and be counted, make wenger realise this has got to be the last season he sits on your money, you have the right to see the best palyers at the best club in the world, but now we are jsut a laughing stock. be passionate, but be firm,
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@kevin cook
give it a rest, two defeats in a row and all of a sudden the Wenger haters come out of the woodwork. Who would have thought after the 8-2 defeat to Utd we would still have a chance of top 4 come this point. Wenger has guided us through this and will continue to be the best manager we have ever had. By boycotting games its hardly going to help is it, I probably doubt you ever go to any games normally. Your the sort of fan who says boycott games when you dont go to any of them anyway. ARSENAL FOR LIFE, IN WENGER WE TRUST!
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Its all over twitter that chelsea will be signing hazard for 28m euros. Now you can’t always believe rumours but they sound pretty convincing. This for me would be so disappointing. The teams around us improve and we get worse. I would be gutted if it happens, what is going on?
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i have probably supported arsenal longer than u have been alive i have watched them through 70s, 80s, 90, and 2000 up to today, so when u have seen the greatest players play for the arsenal as long as i have, 42 years, u better have some respect, .this team apart from van persie would not even get into to many starting 11s of the arsenal era, charlie george, pat rice, malacolm macdonald, alan smith dave rocastle.( bless his soul.) ian wright, thierry henry . dennis bergkamp all new what it was to wear the red and white shirt,.and palyed with fighting spirit, wenger may be the best manager we ever had , with the invincibles he proved that point, but now all he thinks of is buying french players on the cheap, and bringing in teenagers, WHAT WILL WE WIN WITH THAT METHOD, absolutely nothing as the last 7 years as proven.if u lovewenger so much, u must not want to see any glory days back for the arsenal.it iswengers fault we had such a bad start because he would not but defenders when he knew we needed them. losing to swansea is only the start ,
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Let’s face reality and fact- RVP will leave us at the end of another probably average season. Fact! I am not a pessimist but have been an avid Gunners suppoter for nearly 40 years and have never seen the team so disorganised, panic and not show true courage out on the pitch. Where does the problem lie? I can only think with Wenger, who was in my opinion one of the greatest managers ever, until now. He has shown constant stubborness and made uneccessary excuses about referees and pitch performances. Enough is enough. The whole world can see how far we have been leftbehind by not replacing Fabregas and Nasri, forget the reasons they left, by making serious purchases in the summer transfer window. Surely a manager of AW’s stature would have had players lined up to sign and would not go into panic buying mode so late in the month ofr transfer?! Us fans take abuse year in and year out as we don not perform at the level we should be at because we don’t buy quality any more, it’s all about profit. We don’t have depth in our squad and the Board just seem to amble along taking season ticket holders money and not having a care in the world.
STOP THE ROT NOW! Get the quality defenders, attacking midfielder and a top class striker. We have the money but does Wenger have the balls?????!!!! Don’t end up like so many other half baked managers when you could still be a Legend!!
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@ cape town gooner..
wenger could still be a legend by buying 4-5 new players,in the positions u have stated. and making us a powerful force again until then. he is making arsenal a joke and target for being the worse arenal team in decades
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@Emery “Wenger has guided us through this”
He put us in it…
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Ohh it’s so frustrating to c dt clubs like Newcastle r buying up players like cisse for 10mill. Might not b a world beater but luk at there direction . They got 3 decent strikers nw. Us, we got rvp n if he get injured we doomed. I can’t take it n e more y r we not buyin world class players. We all know the problems we have on the pitch with all the deadwood but wenger n the board r jus turnin a blind eye to it. Xcus after xcuse after every game we drop points. We need quality in this team desperately. Nd we need it now. Not in the summer NOW
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‘Completely Logical’ my foot!Wat is fcn wrong wth ds man calld Wenger?Ds days anytime he opens his mouth I feel like takn a puke,I thought he was a Top Coach wth High intergrity & Calibre!How come he DOESNT seem 2 want 2 improve or evn PROTECT his Intergrity OR Image?ISNT HE ashamed of his obvious LACK of AMBITION!Frm de way he talks one gets de impression dat he obviously doesnt care anymore!
As for Rvp leavn OR not come Summer,I’ve repeatedly said in ds forum dat IT IS NOW COMPLETELY OUT OF RVP’S HANDS OR WISHES!Bcos evn if He wishes 2 stay(wch’s bcomn increasingly unlikely wth all ds foolish talk from wenger),Wen all de various FAT,OUTRAGEOUS Figures start flyn in frm all corners in de Summer CAN WENGER AND DE BOARD RESIST SELLING!So 4 me,de issue is NO MORE de Loyalty or otherwise of rvp BUT RATHER DE LOYALTY OF WENGER AND DE GREEDY BOARD! [GFL]
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Is this really the kind of topic we supposed to discuss at this particular time, we are in crises I need someone to come up front and shows the way-out. If he isn’t that guy,which I don’t believe he is, he has to leave! now!
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RVP will leave because he wants to win trophies and he knows that won’t happen at Arsenal. Simples Anyone who thinks different is completely deluded.
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It’s al ok sayin get all these players but none
of em don’t want 2 come 2 arsenal!
Wenger don’t like spending money on decent players
if rvp goes we will end up a mid table team i been hoping
he would buy 2 defenders 1 midfielder
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It might sound bold of me saying this.. Sometimes I think that the fans should make themselves heard. Isn’t there a fan committee of some sort which has better contact with the board and the manager and they can echo our opinions and thoughts? Some kind of beacon which can properly voice our mind? Because this is unbelievably unfair. I feel that the board do not give a monkey’s toss about the fans accept for their pockets. Unfortunately I live a few thousand miles away from London.. I would’ve gladly protest about this haha >.<
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PLEASE JOIN THE MOVE TO SAVE ARSENAL F.C!http://www.facebook.com/groups/350397021655506/
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SELL ALL THE DEADWOOD FOR FCUK’S SAKE WENGER!
ALMUNIA (USELESS!)
MANNONE (AT 23 HE IS AWFUL!)
JENKINSON (LOAN OUT FOR SEASON IN PREMIER LEAGUE)
GIBBS (LOAN OUT FOR SEASON IN PREMIER LEAGUE)
SQUILLACI (THE LESS SAID ABOUT HIM THE BETTER!)
DJOUROU (USELESS!)
DENILSON (USELESS!)
DIABY (TO PAY HIM 60K A WEEK IS SHOCKING!)
ROSICKY (DESERVES PLAYING TIME ELSEWHERE!)
BENAYOUN (TOO LIGHTWEIGHT! SEND HIM BACK TO CHELSEA!)
ARSHAVIN (DON’T KNOW HOW ANYONE CAN DEFEND HIM!)
CHAMAKH (USELESS!)
PARK (WAS ONLY BOUGHT FOR ASIAN TV RIGHTS AND SHIRT SALES)
BENDTNER (USELESS!)
VELA (NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ARSENAL!)
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Is this REALLY the subject? Already talk of selling rvp? Its so bizare that this seems OK as a topic. ARSENAL ARE ARSENAL FOR GODS SAKE. WE ARE WINNERS AND CHALLENGERS. now if this is no longer the case then we must do something fast. Either the owner or the manager or whoever brings this rot must be told. And told by US! THIS IS TOTALY UNACCEPTABLE to be even talking of this after the bullshit of fabregas and nasri. We made a packet on them! What is this shit? Do not buy into this crap people stand against it. Sell RVP……BULLSHIT! hes what we ought to be buying not flogging. Rotten.
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Ps. Look at spuds. They KEEP modritch and tell buyers to fk off. Look at them now. Easy lesson!
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so wenger is admitting again (like fabregas),that henry left for trophies.rather than getting benayoun on loan he should hav got a decent attacking midfielder who is intelligent in his plays.remember jadson,valbeuna,mata,alvarez ? Instead he focussed on his economics.chamakh free transfer,squillaci covering the cracks,silvestre bargain at 350k(was convinced wen i saw his brilliance against barca),anyway hope d omen international lb turns 2 b an apt cover.every season,wengers squad is some 2 world class players away from being an awesome team.but he never goes that extra mile…
If any united fan tells me the 8-2 stuff,my reply is ‘I 1-2 cook,but i am allergic 2 basel’ (read this in a comment)
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Mr Wenger said it not easy to sign players. I am watching SKY
Sports News and the new QPR who is only in the job a week is about to sign TWO players. So Mr Wenger it all bull from you
be honest with the Fans for once.
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SPLASH THE CASH ON NEYMAR!! Wenger never looking to spend money so how do u expect to get star talents in this day and age? Sell gervinho chamakh arshavin almunia djouro squillaci.. Bring in neymar ganso and thiago silva
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Gooner frm 9ja- I completely agree wid ur comment. The main reason y we can’t keep our top plyerd is coz when high Sums of money are are offered the greedy board want to soak it up. We can’t even pay our top players wat they deserv hence they choose to leav. Wat is happening to our arsenal?? Bring in usmanov. Kronke gazides OUT u money drinking vampires
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For Arsenal to be Good wenger has 2 go because he lacks ambition ad he is a foolish,shameless man wit no respect 4 his fans and also all the board members should be removed starting from the chairman because they are irresponsible greedy,selfish fellows with no heart.
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Is is rediculous we are all fans aren’t we , we beat Chelsea and closely lost to man city , our squad is beast: gervinho ( taken from the best club in division 1) Koscienly and ,vermaelen beasts at the back. Wilshere youthfulnandnargueably one of the best midfielders in england!!! Our squad isn’t that bad wen we have our full strength squad I’m sure we’ll be ably to push into the top 4
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Like I said months ago, Wenger has been planning to sell RvP for a while now. He bought Park and has hardly played him, he knows he is good but has resorted not to, for reasons I will explain shortly. Looks like Wenger will also be signing Matias Suarez next transfer window when the season is over.
When RvP leaves we will get a sh*t load of money for him, at least 25-30m. He will sign Suarez for under 10. He will then say, ‘oolala’ we bascially have two new strikers, Park is like a new signing and Suarez and we just made 15m profit off RvP. Wenger has turned into a sly businessman, that’s all he is good for these days. He looks after the board and they look after him extremely well. I will continue to support Arsenal, but my passion will be into my favourite Scottish team Celtic until all this BS is resolved. I also have joined that facebook page, big up to the guys who started it. It is the first step into us fans taking Arsenal back to how it was and supposed to be.
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The most sad part is we all know wenger and the rest of the season. January window will close without any buys or sale.we will have another centre bk injury and probably the 1 person who we all pray not to get injured.wenger will play useless players just to fill in positions. End season we will miss out on CL action,players like rvp,song and welcott will leave to better clubs.wenger will blame injury and say how he tried to keep his players from not leaving.another season begins he buys unexpirienced young players @the last minute at the cheapest price and plays them with useless players e.g djoroue e.t.c
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I would not feel bad neither curse RVP if he leaves us in summer. If he wants to win some trophies & retired with the golden memories he has every right to.
I don’t love to say that but the kind of a team we have now & the kind of intention Wenger & the board showing towards signing new players and building a new team I don’t think we can win anything in another 6 years.
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@Emery
i was always saying i’d rather lose every player we hav and as long as we had wenger we would be ok. But i never thought i’d say this but im leaning towards a change too
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WE CAN TALK AND DISCUSS THE MATTER AS LONG AS WE WANT….
The fact is, in order to implement any changes at Arsenal right now, we have to finish below the CL spot and the Uefa Cup to see something sensible happening.
As long as we qualify for a european cup, we will have the same routine and same frustration next year.
AW will come with the excuse that Uefa is good enough.
Basically, the Arsenal purse needs to be hit so the board, the shareholders, the chairman and AW will have to assess.
In order to mess their precious finance, Arsenal need to be finish 7th…
Remember last year, when we were struggling… He said, and I quote ” it is not like we are fighting for relegation”…!!! The “balls” on this guy and the arrogance…!!
How do you expect to keep your best players or sign top class ones??
We are not an attractive club anymore ( sorry for saying so , but it is the cruel truth ) we do not pay the wages needed to bring top class players.
Concerning Van Persie, he will be reaching 29 years old and this is the age of anger… He is not going to stay at Arsenal, not because he does not love the club ( I don’t care what you people say, but Nasri did love the club ), but because he just wants to win titles.
Any top club would want Van Persie and will be willing to pay top money to have ( Transfer fees and wages )…. Since we are so cheap, we won’t keep him and the board ( and the cronies ) will be more than happy to take the cash.
WE CAN INFLUENCE THE PROCESS OF THE CLUB, BY NOT BUYING MERCHANDISING PRODUCTS, BY REDUCING THE ATTENDANCE AT THE EMIRATES AND BY SHOWING HOW DISGUSTED WE ARE BY THE DISPLAYS AND THE FACT THAT AW HAS TOTALLY LOST IT.
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Hey what the f*** is AW talking it seem we are a lower team than barc n that we are unable to win any trophy whom fault is it it is all his fault young player cant make it we train them up so some bigger team come along to buy them do u think in 90 will we sell our best player like wrighty merson no we keep them in the team maybe we change all the management system
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The sad thing is not about went RVP is going to leave us but what he has achieved with us. Sad but True the club he finished his twilight years fill with tropyless but life must go on they are professional. The club itself is in the horrible state NO TROPHY. What make it pain so much is the player that serve them well like RVP,Csec,Henry, Nasri, Clinchy. It the CLUB no ambitions. Just a little effort to buy 2-3 world player all of this legend surely leave us with smile in the face. The Board, the Manager is to BLAME. Period.
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Manchester City are “convinced” Robin van Persie will quit Arsenal this summer to join them, according to reports.
It’s claimed the Eithad side are preparing a £30m bid for RvP, who has 18 months left on his Emirates contract and is stalling on signing a new one.
City believe the Dutch striker, 28, is ready to move and that the Gunners will sell him rather than lose him for nothing, says The Sun.
The paper also reckons City will offer van Persie £200,000-a-week, a massive hike on his current wages of £80,000-a-week.
We shall see, but after wenger said if we lose Nasri and Cesc we cant be considered a club with ambition anymore I fully expect a transfer to happen. Its clear Wenger has no real class targets that is going to persuade RVP to stay this appears to be his swan song.
latest news is Abidal would never sign for Arsenal. Its obvious anyway we wont pay the wages he would want.
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I know RvP isn’t like Nasri and will leave for city. Then again he wouldn’t want his family to move with him to a whole new country, he’s just that type of guy. I really don’t know about his future unless Wenger shows some god damned ambition and buys some players.
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If rvp leaves…i blame wenger..bcoz for not buyin enough talent to strength the squad…i felt so digust by this old man (wenger)..in arsene I dont trust anymore.
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Yes, Wenger has been successful in the past and no one can take that away from him but right now i cant see Arsenal moving forward with the current regime. Big changes are needed. Bring in Usmanov and a new manager to clear out all the shite players and sign some world class ones. Only then can Arsenal be in the positions they were a few years ago challenging for trophies. Im sick of watching an average team
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Idont want rvp to leave arsenal becouse we love him so much up gunners up rvp
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If this comment is true its laughable. Why say if he leaves its because he wants to win something. RVP can win what he wants to at arsenal if AW and the board realise that money needs to be spent in the right areas. i dont get it dont give him the opportunity to leave if RVP does stay (and i hope with my arsenal crested heart he does) AW and the board owe it to him themselves and us the fans to address the problem that has been rotting this club for years and spend money on players who will make a difference and put us back where we belong. By all means harvest the talent of the youngsters but find the balance between young and exp with the quality to win trophies and be in the top competitions (Yes the last comment is aimed at you mr hill-wood)
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i actually feel sorry for our captain he shouldnt be in the position wer he feels that he has to leave the club he loves to win trophies wenger and the board should be ashamed of themselfs were talking about a man who has pretty much said “i will stay if we show desire to win and sign some quality” yet we sit around and hope that he will stay at the end of his contract. arsenal has turned in to a joke. how have we gone from a glorious and VICTORIUS club to a club that funds the luxurious life of a yank its disgusting, i dont blame all the crapy players either i blame the divs that brought them in, lets be honest if you wer crap and arsenal gave you a contract you would snap there hands off. i BELIEVED in wenger as much as everyone else but im sorry how long are we gonna tolerate all his silly decisions purely because of wat he WAS cappable of, yes he has done so much for arsenal and yes he did change football but he hasnt for 7 years now. at this rate it will be 10 years without a trophy but thats fine because look at what hes done for us!! wake up fellow gooners we need change and we need it now!!!!
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Dear Fans,
I think what the Board and Management need to do, is to address the the reason why RVP wants to leave. The same reason that made Henry leave is the same reason RVP is leaving.
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Once Van Persie is sold that will be the last of the world class players that the club has made mega bucks on. Vermaalen and Wilshire could command a big fee if they had a full good season. The rest???!!!
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