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This perfectly sums up the situation for me & why i say any player who spent 5 years or more at The Arsenal deserves some respect.Cesc was slightly different because he was a genuine Barca graduate and fan; never made a secret of it. Didn’t like it but he made the (correct) call that Wengers then project had gone south. Ironic that he was never actually successful at Barca, only when he returned to Chelsea, when Wenger refused to let bygones be bygones.
Nasri, Adebayor and Anelka for that matter were just money grabbing ****s, each of whom would have been far more successful as both footballers and human beings (as opposed to money magnets), had they stayed. Thery were also complete ****ing mongs, tbh.
VP felt worse because it was calculated. He was positively disingenuous in his dealings with the club (much like Sol was with Spuds), was the best player in his position in the entire Prem when he left and handed manure the title when we still perceived them, albeit naively, as major competition.me & why i say
This is especially so for an elite one in a period when we were not capable of challenging for honours.
I actually dont blame RVP either although it felt worse because we had nursed him through injuries & it wasnt his boyhood club.
But hand on heart can i hate the guy for going to Man U to win a title when there was no way he was getting one here?
Nah it hurt but cant blame the fella. He was an Arsenal player for longer & tbf we got good money for him.
As said top players want to win things in a short career, Cesc & RVP were the last 2 elite players here & the simple fact is we were not good enough to match their ambition & win.
As beany mentions the sol situation we gained by being a top club at the time & He came to us for nothing .
Talking of that lot down the road Its the same reason Kane now wants to go to Man City.
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