“What I think will happen is that you will have more and more players coming out of the lower leagues who have had to fight their way through. Compare that with a player who has been educated here, who has had Champions League for 17 years, who has not known anything else. It’s not a dream, it’s normal for him. But if you play for a team in the lower leagues and watch Real Madrid or Barcelona on Wednesday nights you think: ‘I’d love to play in games like that.’ The words of Arsene Wenger earlier this week made for interesting reading. They sounded reflective and introspective, like a man subtly questioning the ‘crèche culture’ that he has created at Arsenal. (Thanks to...
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