Wenger – Why Buy When We Have Diaby and Bendtner?!

Is Bendtner worth this confidence that Wenger has in him?

Arsene Wenger continues his stubborn attitude citing Abou Diaby and Nicklas Bendtner as reasons why he shouldn’t spend this summer.

“The priority is to stay with the squad we have. What am I supposed to do, kick out a quality young player like Walcott, Fabregas, Diaby or Bendtner who is already in his national team?”

Arsene, are you in your senses?! Diaby and Bendtner aren’t going to win you any trophies. They are only good enough to play in a mid table club. This is Arsenal we are talking about. Kick them out. We would all love it. He is right about Fabregas and Walcott, but Diaby and Bendnter! He has got to be kidding!

But the Arsenal manager also managed to make some comments that did make sense:

“I’m not chasing any player, I believe my priority is to stay with the squad we have. It is not all down to spending, it is down to sticking to a policy. Chelsea have spent magic money but still have not won the European Cup.

“We were in the last four in Europe and have not lost a game since November in the League. When you lose everybody gets hammered but to get where we were you need some quality. We have lost against a team who’s better than us. Nothing to be ashamed of, they are the best team in the world.

“We can go further. You cannot imagine that we work as we did with young players and give them a chance, then let them go.”

He has got that right. It is a big achievement to be among the best four teams of Europe with a squad as young as this. Whose midfield this season mostly didn’t have anyone older than 22 (Excluding Eboue, he is not worth mentioning!).

But the thing is we don’t want semi finals. We want silverware. The players want silverware. And we are not going to get that with this squad. Arsene, you’ve got to wake up.

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May 9, 2009 at 1:45 PM

kondwani munthali

Wenger need some quality in team than DIABY AND BENDTNER I believe policies are there to put things in order but the question goes to our policies.

May 9, 2009 at 1:48 PM

timao

Look, Liverpool smashed Man U at Old Trafford and made them look very ordinary but look at them now. Man U did the same to Chelsea earlier in the year but look at them now. We’ve just been hammered by Man U…

May 9, 2009 at 3:42 PM

Jay Suman

Obviously you haven’t read what the official statement on Arsenal.com says…”we will look to buy one or two players. Those players will not be players who lack experience, we have enough of those”…so let Arsene do his job instead of criticising.

May 9, 2009 at 5:38 PM

Jolome

I am of the school that we should buy a couple of experinced players and it is easy to say seeing the effect Arshavin has made. But i wonder what Arsene is seeing week in week out in training. Prove us all wrong Arsene… All we are saying is give us some trophies!!!

May 9, 2009 at 7:26 PM

nikraft

me thinks Wenger lacks the spine to take painful but very necesary decisions. He should not be deluded that if a player is in the national team then he will also automatically be the best for the club for the same role. Let ne help him choose who to replace, Silveste and Djaroue, Diaby, Denilson, Eboue, Adebayor and Bendtner. Here are some players he should look at Raul Albiol, David Villa, Diego Ribas da Cunha of Werder Bremen, A good goalkeeper for some 2 years as Fabianski develops, (The new package should be 3 very mean, tall, Huge no nonsence defenders, 3 Midfielders, 4 strikers, and two utility players who can fit any position from defence to midfield)You will have ofloaded 7 and briught in 12 and i suspect some silverware in the process. and nobody mentioned Walcott, Fabrigas, Nasri, but Diaby and Bendtner, We can get more effective players in those positions. Arsene please please bite the bullet!!

May 9, 2009 at 10:13 PM

Zain Shahid

Man this is Arsenal not Chelsea! We not only don’t have money that grows on trees but the money that we do have, Wenger spends it very reluctantly

May 10, 2009 at 1:26 PM

Gooner

I understand offloading Diaby, because he is very frustrating. But Bendtner has had a terrific season and will continue to grow and become a world class striker.

May 10, 2009 at 2:35 PM

but compare Bendtner with other strikers of the big 4 and he is nothing compared to them

May 10, 2009 at 3:45 PM

musti

sell bentner leave diaby he has got potential

May 10, 2009 at 5:20 PM

Olusola

I said it before and i will say it once again, Wenger is a useless manager, and he has lost his plots, how can an arsenal manager be saying, “We lost to a better teams, a team that is better than us” shamless man, i thought he was fighting with Sir Alex when arsenal was arsenal in those days, that Man u are not better than us in 2003/04.

Now he spoilt our club, and turn our club to stoke city and hull city football club. Arsenal and Man u are always on top those days, Man u remains there while arsenal are going down, who knows what would happen next season, may be we would be fighting for relegation next season, mark my words.

Listen to what he said, how can we buy players when we have Diaby and Bendtner, what a fools, this man need to be sack, let him go, when another manager comes we would forget him very quickly, let Jose come, he would acheive better than him.

I am sick an tired of him. When ever i saw him been interwieved on tv, i always turned off or changed the channel, becuase he always talk jaggons and rubbish, shameless man.

I don’t blame him, those that suppose to challenge him, the managements are blind, because his making money for them. When blind leads blind both of them would fall into the pity. You people thing Wenger is stobburn, that is not stobburness but stuppidity.

I think wenger is not bigger than the fans and arsenal club, if he did not do what he suppose to do during transfer window, we should gang against him we fans, and shame him, if not next season will be another story. I might sound foolish to some people, but you guys will see.

May 11, 2009 at 9:06 PM

The Gaffer