5 reasons Arsenal must fire Arsene Wenger

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LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 13: Gervinho of Arsenal in action against Mark Bunn of Norwich City during the Barclays Premier League match between Arsenal and Norwich City at Emirates Stadium on April 13, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) /

Failures in the market

Failures in the transfer market are not often placed on the shoulders of managers but in this case they very well should be. Arsenal allow Wenger free reign over the club’s transfer dealings and he must answer for some poor recent decisions.

Aside from not buying a true defensive midfielder since Vieira’s departure, Wenger has made some astonishingly poor decisions with the funds at his disposal. He brought in several flops including Gervinho for £10.5 million, Lukas Podolski for £11 million, Andre Santos for £6.8 million, and Mathieu Debuchy for £12 million.

Obviously no manager has a 100 percent record in the transfer market and Wenger has uncovered some gems in the bargain basement but there are far too many flops bought in positions where there was no need. As for that position of need, there is no glut of talented defensive midfielders in world football but several have seemingly come out of nowhere to excel in England.

Some that come to mind are Gianelli Imbula, N’Golo Kante, and perhaps to a lesser extent Victor Wanyama. They all prove that Wenger did not need to break the bank to fill that position of need at the club.

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