Out: Sebastien Squillaci
Squillaci looked like a good signing when he joined from Sevilla in 2010. The experienced French international had played in a number of leagues and the Champions League and looked like he could do a good job at the club as backup to Thomas Vermaelen and Laurent Koscielny. Sadly, it was clear pretty quickly that he wasn’t up to the task, looking slow and error-prone and basically a bit of a disaster.
The former Monaco man ended up playing more than he was perhaps expected to due to a season-long injury to Vermaelen, but the point of backup players is that they should be reliable. He has now barely featured for the last two years but continues to collect his £60,000 a week wages despite rarely even making the bench. One that Wenger really needs to be rid of quickly this summer, though again it’s hard to see who would take him.