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Wenger's bunch of failures! I quit Arsenal to win trophies, claims Clichy



Gael Clichy claims that he turned down a lucrative new contract with Arsenal to join Manchester City because he was fed up with the failure of Arsene Wenger’s team to win trophies.

The 25-year-old France defender says that after only a week with his new team-mates on City’s pre-season tour in the United States and Canada, he already feels he has made a winning choice.

‘After spending eight years with Arsenal it would have been easy to sign a new contract to stay there because they’re a fantastic club that will always be challenging for trophies,’ said Clichy. ‘But it got to a point for me where I didn’t just want to challenge for the titles only to be disappointed in the final weeks of the season. I wanted to play for a club that would win them.’


Clichy, who signed a four-year contract with City, insisted that he was not being critical of fellow Frenchman Wenger or Arsenal. But the failure of Wenger’s team to convert title challenges into silverware had persuaded him to move.

‘I joined City because I felt that this was a club ready to win important trophies over the next few years,’ said Clichy. ‘Look at last season. At Arsenal we were challenging for all four trophies. But in the end we finished fourth and without a trophy. City came third and won the FA Cup. So I’m joining a club who are winning trophies.’


Clichy admits he had once harboured doubts about City’s reliance on the wealth of the club’s Abu Dhabi owners.

‘When Sheik Mansour first took over here there was a lot of scepticism in the game, and I was one of the sceptics,’ he said. ‘The criticism was that it was all about the money. But, for me, last season proved that City are now one of the top clubs in the game.

‘I know from my own experience that when it comes to the most important part of the season you can’t just have a great team, you need a great squad.


‘It was so frustrating at Arsenal. At times last year we played some fantastic football and looked as good as any team in the league. But there were also times when we had injuries to our best players and we couldn’t cope. If we lost Cesc Fabregas or Robin van Persie then the team really suffered.

‘I’ve been at City only a week but I look around and see a squad that is strong. I see a group of players good enough to allow the manager to rotate - and that is what makes a successful club.’



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2015554/Arsenal-failures-says-Gael-Clichy.html#ixzz1SK6h8500

debosky:
^^

Neither is the inability to break down a Chinese team playing 10 men behind the ball. Actually that's probably a bit unfair. [b]Poor finishing from a number of players [/b]is probably partly responsible for the 1-1 result.

190:
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Omolola1:
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sweeti14:
There was this one people used to say in my primary school then. They said when rain falls and the sun is shining at the same time a lion is giving birth somewhere  . . . . there was also this one of if you eat mango and drink garri after you will die lol

YomiKaycee:
Should he (Ajimobi) get working with his private funds? Akala is being alleged to have looted the state finances dry and  I think it is something to be talked about. As for work, what could you do in the shoes of Ajimobi if you met things seriously messed up? It happened in Edo when Oshiomole took over the reigns so one is not surprised

Ibime:
Emenalo is an incompetent, over-promoted footballing nonentity (no apologies to Igbo warlords ie Andre Uweh) whose main claim to fame is having coached a girls team in the USA.

Darwine:
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Sun of god:
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