RUS arsenal
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He could've won trophies at a club which was not Arsenal's most hated direct rival...Ferguson said RVP was offered more at City as did Wenger. Wenger said City offered him 300K pw. So it's disingenuous to say he left for money. He may have got more at United but he got offered substantially more at City. He went to where he thought he was more likely to win trophies and in fairness he was proven right.
Plus I'm sure it was a combination of trophies and money and not the former exclusively.
Forget the fact that if it was any other club of our stature, RvP would've been long gone and trying to resurrect his career with some mid-table club or at a lesser European league. By the time he proved himself again, he would've been past it to make an impact at a top club.