#2 Arsene Wenger – “I almost signed..”
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Arsene Wenger is a brilliant coach whose career has unfortunately been marred due to Arsenal’s trophyless run from 2004-2013 and his inability to do well in Europe.
Even though Wenger has made some brilliant signings in his tenure with the Gunners which range from Dennis Bergkamp to Mesut Ozil, there are a few players that the Frenchman has openly said he passed up signing – and most of these players went on to be superstars in the future.
From the likes of Vincent Kompany whom Wenger admitted he nearly signed as a long term replacement for Sol Campbell (the £5M price tag put him off) right to Didier Drogba (a man who has haunted Arsenal on several occasions), Wenger has passed up chances to sign some brilliant players in his managerial career.
More recently, the Frenchman said he had watched Dmitri Payet “many times..” but had decided against signing him, and also knew about players like Rafael Varane and Angel Di Maria when they were younger. You can easily make an almost signed XI by Arsene Wenger. Just imagine if Arsenal had gotten even a couple of players out of the dozen or so Wenger rejected.
