Arsene Wenger has once again had to come out in defence of his philosophy at Arsenal as critics and fans continue to pander the veteran manager following Robin van Persie’s statement last week. The imminent departure of the Dutchman has raised fears over the state of the club as they continue to lose their best players year-in year-out, with a boardroom brawl adding to the drama. But Wenger has stood firm in the face of yet another chaotic summer as he staunchly defended his ethos to The Sun.
Dutch legend Johan Cryuff, one of Wenger’s inspirations, has always stated that a rich youth policy is the way forward for a club and Wenger nodded in approval as he said: “I totally agree with Cruyff — and I won’t change.” But he did bemoan the loss of players he spent years grooming as he added: “The only sad thing is that sometimes your work is destroyed by others. You want to see a player in his prime doing it for your club. But it does not work like that all the time.”
The Frenchman also took a jab at players who have left for fatter pay-checks or ‘lack of ambition’ as he said: “I could have left 10 times to join another club but I didn’t because I have worked with the same vision and philosophy at Arsenal for the last 16 years — and that won’t change. Besides, money was never a motivation for me. And, in a similar way, people like Cruyff don’t put all their energy in building football teams with young players just for the money. We all do this because we want to give something back to football.”
whatever, Arsene is payed 7m+ a year at Arsenal, even more than SAF. no club in the world would pay him that much for all these years without trophie, i consider it hush money from the board about the way they are thieving the fans out of their mone. Arsene Out!
RVP should be allowed to go. This only season he played without injury. Unfortunately, 90% of his injury were from national assignment with his country. Meanwhile, wenger needs to do something about his philosophy. Something is wrong with it. The pholosophy is not giving us trophy & we åяε also looding our best players.
If RVP goes and the gunners can’t challenge even with the influx of new players,believe me,Wenger will pay the price.No ifs and buts.
I think it’s time for the Mad Frenchman to get the hell out of Arsenal. Let him defend his philosophy somewhere else. These fools (The Board) don’t realize that without the fans there is no Arsenal Football Club. We need to pressure the bloodsuckers before they destroy AFC.
The problem with Wenger in the last 8-10 years is that someone has fused his brain cells together so that nothing ever moves or changes in his head. Not the tactics, not the formation, not the wage policy, not the transfer fees. The sure sign of madness is to keep doing the same thing and expect different results. It’s complete bunkham.
Unles he’s planning on being around for the next 25 years I suggest he does something different to get the only title we have “also-ran” from our back and start winning real trophies again.
He should clear out now and let someone with a winning philosophy take over. What is all this nonsense about not changing philosophy. What is this? Some kind of spiritual dogma or a religious conquest. It’s a football game, change your bloody philosophy and win something.
i thnk, there is nothn wrong wid our Manager, Wenger is fantastic man!!!
the big problem is our big squad , we must reduce it!
there r quality players in it, bt nt of tht much tht can lift trophies….
we need some more professionals thn youngsters….. youth should be included in team when thy r on peak, nt in developing stages!!!
well, i thnk wenger must reduce squad to quality…
n its nt Wenger fault every year he buil Arsenal, n a key player lft the club, so whts his fault… i thnk we believe in him, n hope next tym player dnt decieve him by leaving club whn team is goin to b on its peak…
Fabregas n nasri lft, hell of injuries bt still 3rd, isnt it achievement of Wenger, same situation for Liverpool bt where thy r???
in Wenger we believe!
Well said Wenger, at least someone shows some loyalty to our club.
No other manager could or would work with such a limited budget given to him and keep us in the CL. Without Wenger finding gems and turning them into great players then we really would be in trouble.
Fact is we dont have a sugar daddy. The clubs we are up against are basically cheating with their oil money that they never earned. Blame them for our ‘plight’ or if you really want, blame the board, no Wenger.
These greedy players who think earning 80k a week is not ‘enough’ need a good kick up the backside too. They are lucky to be playing at a great club like the Arsenal.
Arsena wenga is de only manager dat can do dis in de primear league and still play in champ league, so let wu dnt have wat to say shutup. Good players complain for playing time, lucky players like nasri needs money and madels bcus dey know dey have limited time in their carrier, even if it means sitting on de bench. Can flamini compare himself to cooquiline or song, can hlab compare himself to walcout, or adebayor to rebal rvp. Drogba wanted champ league just like terry and odars de stick around and write their name on chlse history book. Let see weda nasri will ever be second or third PFA player again? In arsene wenga we trust. Soldiers comes soldiers goes.
hes comparing the team to cruyff yet the players that are coming through are not that good hes bought in absolute rubbish comparable from 2004 invincibles he should have bought on a team to dominate the league for years wenger is extremely lucky to still be in charge and the board are im afraid are too.