Quote Originally Posted by Synti Claus View Post
Van Persie didn't leave. We sold him. I don't think normal people can be too angry with him but we can roll our eyes when Diaby picks up this injury. This was not unexpected. It was a ridiculous gamble but as long as we stumble across the line for CL revenue, it's all paid off for Arsene.
There are few folks that would argue we were forced to sell him but I don't believe that either. Also, I can understand why he and many other players would want to leave this club and can't really come down hard on them when I know that this club lost it's way a long time ago. Diaby's injury woes just puts things into context because nobody is guaranteed a long future in football.

His injury wasn't unexpected and I can't understand why Wenger has gambled on his fitness so much. When ever fit he gets thrown back into first team action. It's reckless and it seems as though Wenger should have eased him in instead. But who knows if that would have made a difference. It sounds as though his career is over and he's seen every specialist.