However, the player has apparently come out and said that he wants to stay with Arsenal and fight for his place - Good on the lad if that really is the case.
Strangely, the board accepted the bid despite the fact that Arsene Wenger wanted the player to stay - one wonders just how much control the board (i.e. Dein) exerts over the manager in cases like this, the highly publicised Dudek/Wright affair being a case in point.
Strangely, the board accepted the bid despite the fact that Arsene Wenger wanted the player to stay - one wonders just how much control the board (i.e. Dein) exerts over the manager in cases like this, the highly publicised Dudek/Wright affair being a case in point.