Let me first declare my interest here. I have none! I am a disinterested observer. I really don't care what Arsenal and Arsene Wenger do or have done. However, I want to comment because it gives an interesting case study and insight into the current state of football and the Premier League especially.
Arsenal have money. Everyone knows this. What's more, everyone knows that Arsene Wenger has been given the go ahead to spend it, but he has steadfastly (I hesitate to use the word “refused”, so lets just stick to...) not done so. This is despite their many fans imploring him to buy and commentators expressing surprise that he hasn't. He has belligerently dug his heels in and done virtually nothing in the transfer market.
While all this has gone on, their peer clubs have spent money hand over fist. New entrants have entered the spending frenzy and are going to frog leap Arsenal, pushing them further down the pecking order. To add insult to injury, they are loosing their star players at a rate of knots. With the transfer window rapidly coming to a close, even if he now wants to, will Arsene be able to buy?
And with that, how much more patience will the Arsenal fans and board display?
A good Manager though Wenger undoubtedly is, I think his time may have run its course.
In traditional Arsene style, while the changes to football have unfolded in front of him, he apparently “Did not see it”!
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