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Arsenal legend Tony Adams says recruiting at his old club “has not been great” as he recalled having turned down Manchester United twice because of the Gunners’ ambitions.
Former captain Adams won four top-tier titles with Arsenal as part of a poorly known defense, and says he was twice the target of United boss Air Alex Ferguson.
The center-back decided to stay with the Gunners, convinced they were trying to sign the best players in the world, and their faith was rewarded when they brought in players like Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Vieira and Robert Pires.
But Adams says he sees no such ambition for the current Emirates team, which could lose top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang this summer, as the Gabon striker seems no closer to signing a new deal.
If Aubameyang leaves, he will be the last in a series of first-class players to leave Arsenal.
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Arsenal lost Alexis Sánchez to United in 2018, although since then they have not been able to regain the form they showed in the Emirates and are currently on loan at Inter Milan.
The Gunners also saw Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey depart for Juventus were transferred for free last summer, while English striker Danny Welbeck is now at Watford.
And Adams is frustrated that his previous team continues to lose his best players, especially when he refused to move to United in 1991 and then again five years later.
“Alex Ferguson came for me,” Adams told Sky Sports. “But I wouldn’t go and I said to the president, ‘Do we have ambition in the club?’
“He said ‘don’t worry, we are injecting a lot of money and we are going to get it.’
“I stayed and the rest is history. Dennis [Bergkamp] wine and Nicolas Anelka, Vieira, Manu [Emmanuel Petit]Robert Pires: We had five World Cup winners on the team. “
Adams described Arsenal as “a completely different club today,” adding: “I think recruiting at Arsenal for a few years has not been excellent.”
“Now it looks like we are selling to our best players and you are never going to recruit a championship team that sells to all your best players.”
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