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Not only is the Arsenal Academy nowadays recognises as amongst the best in England and indeed Europe, Arsenal’s scouting network, system and approach are second to absolutely none. In fact, whenever other clubs are linked to players, I can see Wenger sitting in his chair, reading the news, going ‘pah, we scouted him four years ago. He runs ok for twenty minutes, but tires very quickly. Good luck signing him!’. It is also important to realise that these things are gonna help is immensely in the long run. What it also reminds me off, is how close we got to doing things right. Arsenal missed out on Cristiano Ronaldo because Ferguson trumped us, but we had longer standing interest. We missed out on Angel di Maria and Lionel Messi who we had deals to sign, but fell through in the paperwork stage.

kind of sparkle to the club’s prestige. We won’t see him bust a gut, sadly, like that amazing run he did to score his fourth at Anfield, but as an experienced, well liked (with RvP out of the picture, that is) and very intelligent part of the squad, I bet many of our youngsters can learn a lot from him. Indeed, I always get the feeling players like Wilshere love playing with Arshavin, because he does understand their genius. Perhaps his effort and his wages are too far apart for Wenger, the board