Sometimes the universe just intervenes to put things in their rightful place. Like the mischievous time traveller who attempts to kill his own grandfather just to see what happens, Arsene Wenger has, over the last six months, attempted to do everything possible to change the course of his team’s fatefully determined Arsenal-ness. But to no avail. For the last decade, with a few minor alterations, Arsenal have followed the same pattern year after year. And although the same thing happened last season, Wenger seemed to resolve to change it by, for the first time since the 1990s, changing his formation to play a back three. In the summer, he bought Alexandre Lacazette, a £50m striker. And...
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