Chelsea's help

When Chelsea signed Wright Phillips from Manchester City they must have thought they were onto a good thing – and so must the young lad. He was scoring goals, getting ready to pull on the England shirt each time they played – it all looked good.  Chelsea got a terrific player with the world ahead…

2006 The Wenger Plan

2006: The Wenger Plan The 2005/6 season started disastrously for Arsenal for one simple reason – the master’s master plan went off the rails.  Vieira was sold but the midfielder-cum-striker Julio Baptista did not join Arsenal.   If there was a fall-back plan (and I guess there must have been one) that didn’t work either, and…

Arsenal's money

As time goes by the extraordinary plans for Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium become clearer. When the stadium deal was first announced there were a few of us with pens and back of beer mats who thought that financially this could be quite an interesting deal – if one that was a little tight. Then…

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