For all of Arsene Wenger’s success in developing players, Arsenal have signed their fair share of stinkers too. Here are XI of the worst culprits, based on this list.
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GK) Richard Wright
Richard WRONG more like… no?
RB) Gus Caesar
Has a name like a sidekick from an episode of Starsky and Hutch, and played a bit like one too.
CB) Sebastian Squillaci
Was well regarded at PSG before playing far too many games for Arsenal.
CB) Pascal Cygan
Arsenal managed to recoup the £2m they paid for Cygan when they sold him to Villareal, which is pretty amazing business from the Gunners.
LB) Nelson Vivas
There weren’t many Argentine full-backs who Nigel Winterburn could keep out of a team, but Vivas was one of them.
MR) Jermaine Pennant
Went on to recover some dignity at Liverpool and Stoke after never living up to his massive reputation at Arsenal.
CM) Denilson
Always seemed to be on the verge of breaking into the first team, but was eventually quietly shipped back to Brazil.
CM) John Jensen
Nobody could work out why Jensen had signed for Arsenal, till it was revealed that George Graham had been taking bungs from Danish agents.
ML) Andrei Arshavin
After years of thriftiness, Wenger suddenly smashed the club’s transfer record on Arshavin, and instantly remembered why he didn’t like spending.
ST) Jeremie Aliadiere
Aliadiere now plays for the fantastically named Umm Salal in Qatar.
ST) Francis Jeffers
Everybody remembers the “fox-in-the-box” nickname, but little else about the striker.
