CAM) Alex Hleb
One of the most technically gifted players to appear for Arsenal, Hleb was deployed behind the loan striker which made him difficult to pick up and he enjoyed a lovely partnership with Cesc Fabergas and Tomas Rosicky.
However, when Barcelona came calling Hleb was moved on and that was the beginning of the end for the Belorussian as he was left on the bench and out of the squad.
Hleb returned to England with Birmingham City which highlights his drastic demise and is now playing in Turkey for Gençlerbirli?i S.K.
CF) Emannuel Adebayor
Where do you start with the controversial Togo forward? After Wenger signed him from AS Monaco for a very modest fee, Adebayor’s reputation as a fearsome forward was far from a reality.
After a couple of years in north London under the guidance of Thierry Henry, it was Adebayor who replaced the legendary Frenchman as Arsenal’s main front man, scoring 30 goals in the 2007/08 season. Ironically, he also scored the winner in this encounter in the dying embers of the game to give his team the votry at Old Trafford.
However, the attitude issues many alluded to prior to his arrival started to appear and Adebayor was shipped on with his career taking a similar trajectory at his last few clubs. Complete dedication to win over the fans, then shift to the opposite until his own fanbase start to resent him. This was the case at Manchester City, and is currently a similar situation with Adebayor at White Hart Lane.