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Well, obviously that's bullshit. The Invincibles were entirely Wenger's team, none of the legendary back five played in that team, I don't think there was a single pre-Wenger player who was a significant part of that team.
Many players from that early era have credited Wenger with extending their careers. His fitness methods were revolutionary - remember he came in at a time when there were still 'drinking schools' at clubs.
His knowledge of the worldwide game was revolutionary at the time too, remember how we used to get panned for having so many foreign players. Not any more, every club does it.
You'd have to go out of your way to deny him credit for all of that.
The problem is simply that other teams caught up and overtook him. And the billionaires weighing in just at the time when the stadium caused us the most financial pressure didn't help.
The last few years the finances have been there to properly compete. The FA Cups were a good start and gave us all hope that we could push on and compete for the biggest prizes again, the last couple of years have shown that Wenger isn't able to do that now. Shame. Wenger has never achieved success entirely on his own - no-one does. People like Dein off the pitch and Adams/Vieira on it clearly helped. But let's not rewrite history or over-state how terrible he is.
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