With Arsene’s 1000th game coming up at the weekend, there are all kinds of Best XIs floating about. With a nod to the boss’s transfer market acumen, here’s our best bargain XI.
GK: Jens Lehmann £1.5m – He arrived from Borussia Dortmund and became an Invincible.
RB: Bacary Sagna £6m – The most expensive purchase but in terms of value for money he’s provided it.
CB: Sol Campbell £0.00p – Thanks Sp*rs!
CB: Kolo Toure £250,000 – He came as an eager jack of all trades, and became a top class centre-half. Sold for a profit of around £12m.
LB: Gael Clichy £400,000 – Arrived from Cannes a 17 year old rookie, played a key part in the unbeaten season, and was sold for a profit of close to £7m.
LM: Edu £600,000 – His fee was reported at £6m from Corinthians, it was much, much less than that. He really did have a cultured left foot.
CM: Patrick Vieira £3.5m – Rescued from AC Milan, he was Wenger’s second signing after Remi Garde and grew into one of the world’s best players at Highbury. Sold for a profit of £10.25m.
CM: Cesc Fabregas £0 – Snaffled from an out of contract situation at Barcelona, the Catalan ended up captaining the team before moving back to his second home for a profit of £36.5m – 1 lesser spotted van Bronckhorst.
RM: Freddie Ljungberg £3m – Arsene Wenger saw him playing for Sweden against England and immediately splashed out for the attacking midfielder who became a fans favourite and a crucial member of two title winning teams.
FW: Nicolas Anelka £500,000 – He was free but PSG took Arsenal to court and they had to pay a fee decided by arbitration. Anelka then did an Anelka and was sold to Real Madrid for £23m.
FW: Robin van Persie £2.5m – He is the Skunkiest of all Dutch Skunks, and a frustrating figure to look back on because of his injury problems, but is 8th in the all time scoring list. Profit of £21.5m after his sale to Man United where he was left by Alex Ferguson to be coached by Phil Neville.
Total cost – £12.25m
Total profit: £109.75m
Till date I still think Lauren is better than Sagna. Ashley Cole was brought up by the academy, Gael have no match even during his prime. Edu was good but with his injury prone history, his fancy form only came for last half of his last season, Pires is way much better than him. RvP wise, if you followed him since his young days lethal in his freekicks and acceleration, it seems he lost all of those during his long injury period and how can you rule out King Henry and the flying Dutchman. All these numbers is a no-no compare to today's inflated market where Darren Bent can cost equal/ more than the King....Cheers
Mar 17 2014, 01:02 PM
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