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[Özim]

ian wright on his radio show (absolute radio) about 2 weeks ago stopped a caller in his tracks who was crediting rioch with the bergkamp signing and said he was a dein signing. added that dein knew the club had to make a statement at that point in time and went out and did it, and he couldnt just "let rioch take the credit for it". even tho tbf its well known that wright and rioch didnt get on.

can you imagine arsenal absolutely shattering their transfer record on the say so of some unproven lower-league boss before hed even completed one competitive match with the club? behave yourselves. and im not even one of these dein cock-suckers.

and on top of that I remember, not even a teenager, watching inter milan just to see bergkamp play. yes he would later been known as a flop but he was still a class apart in terms of technique. whether it was dein, rioch or wenger... you didnt need to be a genius to spot and buy bergkamp.

Rioch at the time was a very good manager, his Bolton team had beaten top sides like Liverpool and ourselves in the cups (amongst others) and were great to watch with the likes of McAteer, Thompson and Stubbs.

Dein was no doubt involved but to suggest a player is signed without the manager's say so at Arsenal is incorrect IMO.

[BOBN]

Rioch at the time was a very good manager, his Bolton team had beaten top sides like Liverpool and ourselves in the cups (amongst others) and were great to watch with the likes of McAteer, Thompson and Stubbs.

Dein was no doubt involved but to suggest a player is signed without the manager's say so at Arsenal is incorrect IMO.

dein probably asked him "do you want bergkamp?". hed have been a thick cant to say anything other than "well duh". and there you have it, rioch in his mind signed berkamp.

I know football managers are the most aloaf, out of touch employees in the world. they quit at the slightest sign they have to do what any other person in the world accepts which is to answer to your superiors (capello). but I honestly dont think rioch would have had the bare-faced cheek to ask for the funds to decimate arsenals transfer record and wage structure to sign a johnny foreigner before hed even gotten his feet under the table. his first concern would have been proving to himself and others that he even belonged at a club like arsenal.