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By Eibaad Ahmed Butt

Arsenal; a team that excites me to my very core, a team that has defined the word passion to me, a team that made football more than a sport to me.

Now; I live in Asia (Pakistan) and there isn’t much of a craze for football, as cricket is our national game and is loved and played every day.  It seems a farfetched idea if someone would have said that I would grow up and start sporting and loving a football team more than anything else in the world.

I am a young guy nearing my thirties and my allegiance to Arsenal doesn’t go as far as for some readers of this site.  But nonetheless it is by no way any less than yours that I can guarantee. I have never been to The Highbury nor the Emirates, I have been only able to watch my team play on TV but still it’s a pleasure like none other, considering that due to the time difference usually the matches are very late at night sometimes around midnight; it sure has some problems, as I have to go to office the next day.

I have never written before, but lately I just got tired of reading everything against Arsenal and I got to a point where I stopped reading as I couldn’t believe what I read about something I see every day and total opposite of my view.  Then I got to know about Untold Arsenal, and finally I am at peace.

It’s not just football; all the sports have been commercialized and has became a sport for the rich; something to play with where they can show their supremacy by throwing cash around.

If you look into history it was always about pride and devotion, it was about being the best not buying the best. It used to be considered the biggest offence if a player from rival club was bought, it was considered to be a crime if someone was approached from some other team. I know my ideas are idealistic but…

As far as Wenger is concerned well I wouldn’t change him for another manager in the world, and as for Arsenal I would change them for any other team, even FC Barcelona.

I only started to watch Arsenal while under Wenger so I can’t compare much with the previous greats, but I think there is no need to. What he has done, and what he is doing, and what he will do in the future is a whole different ball game.

For all the “Glory Hunters” “the Arsenal Haters”, the “AAA”, I have just one thing to say: if trophies is all that matters to you, then please by all means go and support teams like, ManU, Chelsea, ManC, Real Madrid, etc etc. We don’t need you.

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