None of us really know how much money Wenger has had to spend over the years. Season after season the board had said money is there but it is never really spent on decent top class players. This is my take on it. In the early years, Wenger did a brilliant job transforming unknown players into world beaters. He did it with Viera,Henry,Pires, Anelka, Lunjberg and probably others I forget.It went to his head. The media and even other managers praised him to the hilt. What an incredible manager for discovering talent they said. He believed the hype; he thought he was the best. He couldnt then go out and buy top stars as he would lose his reputation as the `discoverer' of new talent. Thats why he still harks on about bringing the youth through. Unfortunately he no longer has the skill to bring on unknown players and make them world beaters. He hasnt brought through anyone decent for years apart from Fabregas ( who was always going to be brilliant whoever he played for as he was stolen from Barca's academy)Wilshire(lets see how well he does after these injuries) and thats about it. Rather than change tack, Wenger lives in the past -he craves the attention and incredibly for someone so unsuccessful in recent years the press and other managers still talk about him as a top international manager
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There aren't many top bracket managers that have had 7 years with one club yet alone gone 7 years without winning anything. Wenger has had a rare opportunity to build team after team and most managers just don't get that chance.

The argument about Wenger meeting the boards targets are just odd. Once read an interview from Wenger about developing young players. He said something along the line that he's fortunate to be in a business where every player wants to be a star and te players he works with should naturally strive to be better. He shouldn't have tell his young players to turn up on time for training or to stay out of trouble. I think he was referring to the Pennant and Quincy situation at the time. Apply the same logic to the situation between him and the board. Even if the Board are content with 4th place as a minimum, should he as a coach of a top club be satisfied with that? Where is his sporting ambition? 7 years without a trophy should be burning him on the inside and he should be banging on the Boards door to
demanding a change to their approach of their showing no ambition rather than the other way round.