Arsenal legend Frank McLintock has raised doubts over the club’s status as one of the world’s best teams and admits that ‘times have changed’ in the last few seasons.
The 72-year-old is frustrated with Arsenal’s recent transfer policies, and feels the players bought are not quite as good as the ones that have departed.
Speaking to The Sun, he said: “I’ve always regarded Arsenal as one of the biggest clubs in the world but maybe I’m wrong now.
“We seem to be selling all the time, especially to Manchester and it’s something that myself and the supporters don’t like to see.
“Maybe times have changed in the last three or four years and we’re the also-rans fighting for fourth place behind United, City and Chelsea.
“We’ve sold for a lot of money and seemed to get players who are not quite as good as the ones who have left.
“You can’t keep on doing that all the time because supporters will get annoyed and wonder why.”
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Idiot! We’ve only played two games, to early to judge! How can a team that’s consistently in pot 1 for champions league not a ‘ big club’!
Sad but true, Wenger may sort it out in the end, things have definitely headed in the wrong direction over the last five years.
Sort it out Wenger.
(Still a big club though, just not contending for the highest honours, which lets be honest, we should be doing.)
Can’t see what Frank’s on about.
All clubs sell at some time or another.
Arsenal sell when a player wants away. No point in keeping him against his will.
Can’t think of a single player who left Arsenal weaker by his departure. The Club moves on, stronger than ever.
Frank should remember the final season of most exArsenal greats and how relieved we were to see them go.
Vieira,Henry and Fabregas come readily to mind.
yes i agreed I’m supported 20 years ago with ten thousend people in my local. but now we disappointed with the club evry year we saw sold the our best player and make the club struggle fighting with four third place evry season so we upset and disappointed evry much so now we all feel hate this club and we all alway call selling club
I MUST AGREE WITH FRANK McLINTOCK,
ARSENAL ARE NO MORE THAN A SELLING
CLUB,YOU CARN’T GET AWAY FROM TRUE
FACTS,JUST LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENED SINCE 20004-5 SEASON AND THEY WERE A
CLASS ACT,I CARN’T THINK OF ONE
PLAYER IN THE CURRENT SQUAD THAT
WOULD HAVE GOT IN THAT TEAM,THAT’S
NOT PROGRESS ARSENE,IF YOU WANT TO
COMPETE WITH THE BIG BOY’S TELL YOUR
TIGHT FISTED DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS TO GET THEIR CHEQUE
BOOKS OUT,WE ARE MADE TO BELIEVE THAT ARSENAL ARE ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST CLUBS IN THE WORLD SO
INSTEAD OF MILKING THE CLUB LIKE YOU
HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST SEVEN
YEARS,START SPENDING A BIT AND GIVE
YOUR SUPPORTERS SOMETHING TO CHEER
ABOUT. “UP THE GUNNERS”.
The keyword is “seem.” McLintock apparently comments the mediatized Arsenal, the one that’s in perpetual crisis since about 7 years, the one that always sell its best players to its biggest rivals, the one that always fails to buy top-class replacements… I agree, the media build an image of Arsenal that has precious little to do with reality.
And the reality is that Arsenal only really failed to prepare thoroughly to a campaign once – last season, when a lot of really significant business was left for late. This season, all of the significant moves happened well before the first game. Some crisis, that.
Wenger’s skill is what makes Arsenal such a fantastic club, not the players. That is why they all fade into oblivion when they leave. It was our playing style that brought the goals from RVP and soon the goals will come from Giroud, we are still the pride of the EPL
Sometimes we have to realise that business is business and the game has change. There is money and profits to be made and that is what the board and wenger is doing at are great club.
The board and wenger knows that the fans are happy as long as we finish in the top four positions but AW and the board dont know is what will happen when we finish outside the top 4 or finish in the bottom 3 and go down . Teams know that if they defend against us we at this moment cannot break them down this is a problem for us as a team that can only get worse the longer it goes on. With only 24hrs to go before the tranfer window closes l dont see WENGER getting anymore more players in that can make the difference to are team l can only hope that this is not the end of a great manager.and are club in the top flight.
McLintock could be right after all because of the way A.Wenger and Arsenal board go about their transfers year after year. Arsenal have become more like a business enterprise than a football Club! How can one buy a “top top player” with no intention to loosen his purse strings?!This new season will be same same for Arsenal, no trophies! Sad.