Quote Originally Posted by gooners View Post
The board sells players over wenger's head? And wenger is just an employee?

good one!
Adding to the brilliant contribution PnG made on that myth already- in the real world, even the law recognises that a Manager can"t manage if he doesn't have control of a club's transfer policy. I've quoted the Keegan v Newcastle case a few times already to the cult of Arsene- but here I go again:
Keegan's dispute with the club was resolved in October 2009. The tribunal ruled in favour of Keegan, agreeing that Newcastle had constructively dismissed him by insisting on the signing of midfielder Ignacio González on loan completely against his wishes. The ruling[78] was based around seven issues. The panel declared that Keegan had been misled to believe he had the final decision on player transfers, and was never explicitly told in writing, his contract, or word of mouth that he didn't or that his role would see him essentially report to others. Given the generally understood role of a Premiership manager, the panel agreed he could reasonably expect that this was not a factor. The club's signing of González meant that they had violated his employment contract, which amounted to constructive dismissal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Keegan
Summary: Keegan quit when he couldn't bear that Mike Ashley had forced a loan signing on him and sued Newcastle for " sacking him" (which they actually never directly did) because they breached his contract by the singular act of imposing a player on him. He won.