Here are the latest Arsenal transfer rumors that have been circulating in the Twitterverse, blogopshere and media world. The “A block” story is of course Manager Arsene Wenger being on the hot seat. Is it time for him to go, finally? Is the boss’ sacking now drawing near?
-(The Telegraph) Alisher Usmanov, Arsenal’s second largest shareholder, has offered his most critical assessment yet of Arsene Wenger and claimed that the club need to strengthen in every single position to seriously challenge the elite of English and European football. Usmanov has told Wenger that he needs to start learning from his mistakes.
-(Daily Star) Arsene Wenger held crisis talks with his chief executive Ivan Gazidis yesterday as pressure mounted on the Arsenal manager.
-(The Sun) Arsenal’s players should be lining up to take the blame for the club’s form, not Arsene Wenger, according to club great Ian Wright.
The manager of Arsenal since 1996, “Le Professeur” is the club’s longest-serving manager and most successful in terms of major titles won. Football pundits give Wenger credit for his contribution to the revolutionizing of football in England in the late 1990s through the introduction of changes in the training and diet of players. However, now Usmanov believes that Arsene Wenger principles are holding the team back. He’s not the only person with influence at The Emirates who thinks so
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