it's a stupid argument. he trialled and didn't perform very well but arsenal still wanted him.

"He was here as a young boy but we cannot get players in here if they are not internationals. He had no work permit and was too young. We tried to wait until when he was in Belgium, we tried to get him a European passport.

"He was not patient enough and left for Metalurh Donetsk, that is the club where he went."
shit happens. sure, our buying policy hasn't been up to scratch but what is the point of banging on about players who we could've signed at the time who none of us acknowledged as being of much use? hindsight makes it too easy.

you do know we could've also got ronaldo and zlatan right?