The ex-Arsenal star Freddie Ljungberg has just retired from football at 35 years of age, and he has taken the opportunity to celebrate his glory days at Arsenal, where he won two League titles and three FA Cup Winners medals. But he remembers that Arsene Wenger used to buy in top stars every year, and thinks that the Frenchman doesn’t get the same support from the board as he used to in those wonderful times.
‘I am a fan like everyone else and I want us to win trophies,’ Ljungberg said. ‘That hasn’t happened for seven years and maybe Arsene Wenger doesn’t get the funding.
‘All I know is that when I was at Arsenal, every summer he was able to bring in a big signing, a proven winner.
‘Thierry Henry came as a World Cup winner, and then Robert Pires arrived. He was also aWorld Cup and, like Thierry, a Euro winner as well.
‘We were able to get Sol Campbell, who was one of the best central defenders in the world at the time.
‘They were people who knew what it takes to win. It happened like that every year. We had a really squad, but Arsene was able to make it better, make it stronger.
‘That doesn’t seem to happen now. It is unfair to just blame Arsene because he is a fantastic manager.
‘I just hope that he can be given the money to fund the transfers he wants. I wouldn’t know if the board is giving Arsene the money to do that.’
‘We were a special squad. Everyone was an established star in his own right, but we worked as a team, as a unit.
‘It was a great time to be at Arsenal. I just hope those days come back.’
It is easy to look back with rose-tinted glasses at the end of your career, but he must also see the improvement in the ground and the facilities that have been put in place for the future at Arsenal. It’s not all doom and gloom Freddie!
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