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42 WGM #57 2018/04 wgm8.com 体育 SPORT 全面接管了球队的球探、转会甚至合同谈判，他的经济学 专业背景帮助温格精明地经营着球队，这可以通过这些年 阿森纳非常健康的财政情况体现出来。 然而，现代足球在不停地进化——敏锐的直觉和良好 的球探体系已经不足以抵御金元的攻势。我们很难在目前 的阿森纳阵中，找到下一个维埃拉、阿内尔卡，或者范佩 西。 温格依然拒绝改变俱乐部的经营策略。当他接受曼联提 出的姆希塔良外加现金交换桑切斯时，法国人的足球哲学在 非常强硬地起着作用，要知道姆希塔良在曼联甚至不能得到 首发机会。与此同时，温格拒绝聆听看台的声音。在最近 阿森纳球迷信托组织投票选举中，一千名成员中有88%的 投票，认为68岁教练的合同在本赛季结束时应该终止。 应对这样反对的声音，温格选择关闭耳朵。他尽全力 避免通过电视、报纸或者社交平台，去接收批评他的声 音，甚至包括昔日温格爱徒，如蒂埃里•亨利、马丁•基翁 dealings. The fact that Arsenal lost their talisman Alexis Sánchez in exchange for Henrikh Mkhitaryan plus cash in a deal with Manchester United epitomized the problem within – they too often fail to keep world-class players and their replacements are not good enough to steer the ship. No team in the world is immune to the problem of losing key players. Liverpool failed to stop Luis Suárez and Philippe Coutinho from leaving, while Barcelona themselves lost Neymar to Paris Saint Germain. Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale waved farewell to their Premier League teams and joined Real Madrid. But the thing that worries Arsenal fans most is that Wenger is still reluctant to spend the big money needed to lure the world’s best players. In October 1996, when Wenger was selected as Arsenal’s new manager, he took over the duties of scouting, transfers and even contract negotiation of the squad. His education in Economics helped him conduct shrewd business, which is reflected in Arsenal’s very healthy finances over the years. However, modern football has evolved – natural instincts and a good scouting network no longer speaks as loudly as dollar signs. In the current Arsenal squad, it is hard to see the next Patrick Vieira, Nicolas Anelka or Robin Van Persie. Wenger rejects holistic change to the way the club is managed. When he agreed to exchange Sánchez with Mkhitaryan, the Armenian was not even in United’s starting side. Clearly the Frenchman’s football philosophy stubbornly came into play in making that deal. At the same