Sir Alex Ferguson came to the defence of Wenger this week, and whilst talking of the Scotsman with Arsene, he claimed he «doesn't think» he will match his 26
year spell spent at Man United.
Not exact matches
Two months before the presidential election of 2000, the PNAC unipolarists issued a position paper titled «Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century» that
spelled out the particulars of a global empire strategy: repudiate the ABM treaty, build a global missile defense system, increase defense
spending by $ 20 billion per
year to 3.8 percent of gross domestic product, and reinvent the U.S. military to meet expanded obligations throughout the world.
Moussi made 150 appearances during a six -
year spell at the City Ground and also
spent a short
spell on loan at Millwall this season, so should bring stability and Championship experienced to the centre of the park at Birmingham, whilst also bringing some much needed funds to some great causes.
The 25 -
year - old was signed by the Blues in 2011, before
spending a successful loan
spell at Atletico Madrid.
The 23 -
year - old has endured a miserable four
years in N17, making less than 20 league appearances for the Lilywhites and
spending three different
spells out on loan.
The 21
year - old defender has become something of a Championship loan specialist in the last two seasons, having
spent short periods with Leicester City, Derby County and Blackburn Rovers, particularly impressing in that final
spell at Ewood Park in the last campaign.
He
spent two extended loan
spells with Wolverhampton Wanderers and QPR before making the move to Hamburg, where he has since gone on to make 37 appearances in two
years.
There are questions to be asked Why was jenkinson loaned out if Bellerin is not ready Why was Coquen (sorry can't
spell) sent out if he was good enough 12 games ago tom e named Why keep Campbell if he's not good enough wouldn't money from his sale be better
spent on a CB Why when SAGNA / Viera / and other 30 plus players were only offered 1
year contracts yet we are now scratching a midfield together with flamini / Arteta Why when things are not working e.g Moreal at CB do we persist with it I can put all these decisions down to wenger, and that's not bringing up the lack of signings
Flamini rejoined Arsenal on a free transfer a couple of
years ago after
spending five seasons in Serie A with AC Milan and his second
spell with the club has been reasonably successful and gave the boss the option of being more compact and combative in the middle instead of using the more technical Mikel Arteta.
We will never know for sure if losing Ramsey, Ozil, Walcott and more cost us the Premier League title a few
years ago or whether we would have beaten Leicester City to the trophy last season if Coquelin, Cazorla, Alexis and all had not
spent long
spells in the treatment room.
One Arsenal player who does not think this will be the United approach is also the one who knows their manager better than anyone else at Arsenal, because our keeper Petr Cech
spent many
years under the Portuguese manager in both of his
spells in charge of Chelsea.
A declining Michael Owen scored 26 league goals in 71 games, but
spent the majority of his four
year spell at the club in the treatment room, costing the Magpies millions in wages and medical bills for very little reward.
It's been a
spell since the Orioles
spent like this in free agency, and they're probably a couple
years too late — a $ 100 million mercenary sure would have helped them out in 2014 — but if Davis leaves, they'll need to get their power from someone.
However, the diminutive forward made just 31 appearances for Spurs over a three
year spell,
spending most of his time out on loan with Ipswich, Galatasaray and Racing Santander, before joining Real Mallorca in a # 900,000 deal last summer.
If Song does join the Blues, then they will be his third London club, having also
spent seven
years with Arsenal before his unsuccessful
spell in Spain.
The Hammers have never been short on cash, despite a
spell in the Championship, and have
spent big in recent
years on the likes of Andy Carroll.
Spent nine
years at Verona but only made just over 100 appearances as he had
spells away across the lower divisions of Italy.
The now 32 -
year - old
spent an incredibly successful 13
years at Old Trafford, as he eventually broke many club records and won an abundance of trophies during his
spell there.
Leif Nielsen, who
spent most of his career with BK Frem before
spells with Houston Stars and Greenock Morton, was the first goalkeeper to win the Danish Player of the
Year award, doing so in 1966.
The 22 -
year - old has been forced to
spend loan
spells away from the Gunners after not being not granted a work permit.
Last
year was his most successful
spell to date in football,
spending the season with FK Partizani Tirana in Albania, where he scored a remarkable 18 goals in 42 total appearances for the club.
Having
spent the bulk of his career playing in Europe, and particularly Russia where he
spent eight seasons in three
spells, 36 -
year old Wilkshire returned to Australia this season with Sydney FC after a free transfer from Dynamo Moscow.
He was at Stamford Bridge for two
years, during which he
spent spells on loan at Genk (where he scored twice in 13 appearances) and Werder Bremen (10 goals in 33 games).
«That was enough for Watford to pay an undisclosed fee for his services in 2013 and he
spent three
years at Vicarage Road, enjoying loan
spells at Crewe Alexandra, Doncaster Rovers, Port Vale and Blackpool.
Having made the permanent move to Serie A champions Juventus last
year, Troisi has failed to make an appearance for the Turin giants,
spending a successful
spell on loan in Belgium last season with Zulte Waregem.
That stuttering form has Keown, who
spent 13
years at the club across two
spells, feeling that the end may be just around the corner for the Wenger.
Lampard started his career at West Ham United after coming through their famous academy, and
spent six
years at the club, including a brief loan
spell at Swansea.
Patrice Evra
spent 8
years performing with Manchester United and during that
spell, the French player was able to lift a few major pieces of silverware including: 5 Premier League and 1 UEFA Champions League trophies just to name a few of the more well - known.
Ngog, who
spent two
years back in his native France with Reims after a short
spell at Swansea in 2014, has signed until the end of the season following a successful trial.
Lamela, who
spent two
years spell in Serie A before making a move to Spurs in 2013, has enjoyed his stunning individual season under Mauricio Pochettino last term, scoring 11 goals and provided 10 assists in all competitions.
The Brazilian, who enjoyed a promising
spell at Granada last
year, went against his manager's wishes by deciding to
spend a second successive season on loan in La Liga with Valencia.
The 23 -
year - old
spent last season on loan in Germany but his loan
spell came to an abrupt end after he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture and cartilage damage in his left knee.
The other side of a
spell at Southampton, Paul
spent six
years at The City Ground, featuring 142 times, and was memorably allowed to score in an EFL Cup tie against Leicester City.
And at times, the 36 -
year - old Storari showed that expected rust after
spending long
spells on the bench with no game time whatsoever.
«I am not more motivated to play against Real Madrid than any other team,» said Gabi, 33, who has
spent 10
years at Atletico in two
spells.
Falcao
spent the 2015/2016 season on loan at Chelsea after a failed loan
spell at Manchester United the
year before.
The 29 -
year - old defender
spent a lot of time on loan during his nine -
year spell at Manchester United.
Guidetti found first - team opportunities limited at the Etihad after moving from Sweden as a 16 -
year - old and has
spent several
spells out on loan with Burnley, Stoke and most notably Feyenoord where he scored 20 goals in 23 games.
Making Matthew Upson's loan deal from Stoke a permanent one looks on this evidence to have been a canny piece of business from Garcàa with the ex-England man looking classy and assured on the ground where he
spent a highly successful loan
spell eleven
years ago now.
Owing to his father's later employment as a roving teacher, Miliband
spent two
spells living in Boston, Massachusetts, one
year when he was seven and one middle school term when he was twelve.
Also unclear: The fate of $ 2 billion to
spend on 100,000 units of affordable and supportive housing in this
year's budget, which was agreed to on April 1, but without the details
spelled out.
In a sign of the depth of preparation by the party leadership, senior Conservatives said Cameron believes that he must
spell out the depth of crisis in Britain's public finances by November and the scale of the
spending cuts that will have to be introduced next
year.
During his ten
year spell at the Treasury, Brown, as recent autobiographies make clear,
spent his time at war with Tony Blair, using his position at the Treasury to undermine his leader and to seek the top job for himself; as John Redwood said recently, «scratching at the plaster of the walls of No 11»!
I still was hesitating, though, I
spent many
years in my 20s (and yes, even in the beauty of Italy) feeling utterly stuck, and in the few
years following college, I had multiple crying
spells after coming home from a dissatisfying job.
Writer - director Wong Kar - wai
spent more than a
year collecting the shots for this Hong Kong near - romance; his meticulous attention to detail resulted in a movie that's closer to a
spell than a story.
Though she
spent the last four
years working in the White House on a variety of issues that included health care, immigration, welfare reform, and the environment, Ms.
Spellings has long been the president's most relied - upon adviser on education.
District performance - based assessments in reading, writing,
spelling, and math are given, on average, three times each
year, and numerous staff development hours are
spent reviewing results and discussing ways in which the findings can be used to inform and change classroom instruction to meet the needs of individual students.
After
spending years in a special education system that carefully
spells out their rights and the services they should receive, students with disabilities often find it daunting to contemplate their next steps after high school.
Information released under the freedom of information act shows the Department for Education
spent at least # 952,602 on developing the
spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPAG) test for seven -
year - olds, only to have to abandon the test months later after the paper was leaked online.
[return][return] A
year after setting Carbonel free from a witch's
spell, teenagers Rosemary and John reunite to
spend the summer together.