Very interesting interview from the great man. A lot of what he's saying we've already known and heard anecdotes from various people near the club before, including out very own Speedy, but I think it's the first time he's spoken so explicitly about how much trouble the club was in.
He talked about the financial constraints we were under back then, and how we were forced to sell players every year that he didn't want to sell. He also talked about how he'd go into seasons knowing that we did not have the resources or the team to win the title but still needed to make at the minimum the CL each season otherwise the club would be in danger of going bust.
I totally agree with what he's saying that those years after moving over from Highbury is possibly some of the best work he's done at the club during his time with us considering the restraints we were under. I don't think anyone else could have managed us through those years without ruining the club. It's when the money became available in the latter years, and like Claude mentioned in another thread, and when he started being given 1 year deals that he started focussing on the short term rather than the long term. That's where it all went wrong.
