“We don’t sign superstars, we make them.” – Arsene Wenger In September 2007, then-Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger stated the above phrase in defence of his perceived lack of spending in the summer transfer window, as reported by the Daily Mail. Setting aside the legitimacy of concerns over the Gunners’ notorious thriftiness, the Frenchman was correct. 11 years ago. At the time, the emergence of Cesc Fabregas – the enthralling, diminutive little genius that he then was – was still fresh on everyone’s minds. At the start of the 2007/08 campaign, the Arsenal squad included the likes Gael Clichy, Alex Song, Abou Diaby, Theo Walcott and Nicklas Bendtner, as well as the...
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