Erase and Rewind Tim Stillman October 12, 2017 Columnists As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, Arsenal are nearing the end of a cycle with the current squad, with most of their clutch players either exiting their prime years, or departing for pastures new. Mesut Özil and Alexis Sanchez were the poster boys for this iteration of the Arsenal team and they will symbolise its swift disintegration too. The nomenclature of Arsene’s other squads have been easy to assign. There was the early ‘Double’ winning side of 1997-98, with its perfect mixture of British steel and Gallic flair (and a pinch of Dutch genius). Then there were ‘The Invincibles’ of course, from around 2001-05. The early...
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