Klaus wrote:
City lost Sancho for free, Claude.
I don't think anyone's disputing it's frustrating to lose talents, but you can't generalise the reason across several years and generations of players. There are individual differences in each and every case. What happened with Gnabry is honestly so well-documented by now that it just seems silly for people to attempt to rewrite history. We didn't want to let him go, Wenger rated the hell out of him, and he was being fast-tracked into the first team since he was 16. He was younger than Wilshere by several years when he started playing back-to-back league games for us.
On City - I mentioned it in another thread - they lost Sancho and went on to post 100 points. It's a very different situation.
On us, I think it's important to piece these threads together because otherwise we lose sight of the wide issues at the club. I don't think losing these players, throwing away Ramsey's career, filling the club with retirees for years, all while having the 3rd highest net spend in the past decade are disconnected. It speaks to a club that has a very poorly defined strategy.
With City it's as simple as Pep/Txiki saying "We want to implement the Ajax system with a high press". From there, it is easy to define the requirements for every position and that directs all player strategy. What is the Arsenal style? What are the players required for it?
