Philippe Senderos
The Swiss defender was signed in 2003 for a reported £2.5 million by Wenger. Senderos was bought into the club at the age of 23, and looked a promising acquisition for the club, but then he met Didier Drogba and since then has never been the same.
It’s a real shame that Senderos was given the famous no.6 shirt; he simply didn’t deserve to wear it, and made an absolute mockery of it at the time. wasn’t a stable defender and left the club on a free to sign for Fulham in June this year.
Pascal Cygan
Wenger obtained the bald-headed centre-back from Lille in 2002 for £2 million and it turned out to be one of his worst ever transfers as the Arsenal boss. Cygan was a clumsy defender who lacked positional sense and above all was slower than a tortoise…how he made it as a professional footballer is baffling.
The French defender managed to only rack up a total of 63 appearances (in all competitions) for the gunners, whilst netting 3 times in 4 years.
Cygan was planets away from being the next Tony Adams, Martin Keown and Steve Bould, the gut just couldn’t defend properly. Arsenal sent the Frenchman packing to Villarreal for £2 million in 2006… Wenger what on earth were you on when you bought this guy to England?
Jose Antonio Reyes
Arsenal splashed out approximately £17 million for the Spanish winger (a record signing for the club at the time) in 2003.
Reyes did have a promising start to his Arsenal career and was tipped to be a great player for the club, but unfortunately in 2005 he felt a sudden urge to head back to his native Spain. The winger was also tricked in telling a prankster (on the phone) that he was looking to leave the club due to the London lifestyle and claiming there were ‘bad people’ within the club.
Reyes spent three years with the gunners before making a year loan move to Real Madrid, after which he was sold to Atletico Madrid for an undisclosed fee by the Gunners.
Reyes would have been a great player for the North London club, but his crave for Spain let him down big time. Wenger did spend £17 million to obtain Reyes’s services, but because the player couldn’t settle in London he proved to be a complete and utter waste of money…a bad signing on Wenger’s part.
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