Arsène Wenger:
🗣️ “There was a time we had ��90 million turnover and we had to pay back £22 million per year for the stadium. I couldn’t sleep because we had to qualify for the Champions League to pay back the money.”
🗣️ “We had to sell our best players. Other clubs came in with lots of money but we were on the same level from 2007 to 2016.”
This is why so many Arsenal fans will forever defend Wenger.
While rivals were spending freely, Arsenal were carrying the weight of the Emirates project on their backs. Every summer felt like survival. Every top-four finish felt like a trophy. Every season, Wenger had to replace world-class players while keeping Arsenal competitive enough to secure Champions League football.
🔴 Sold stars. 🔴 Balanced the books. 🔴 Built a world-class stadium. 🔴 Kept Arsenal among Europe's elite.
Many managers would've walked away. Wenger stayed and carried the club through its most difficult financial era.
The trophies are part of his legacy. The fact Arsenal emerged from that period stronger, richer, and ready to compete again is the other part.
Without Wenger's sacrifices, there is no Arsenal of today.
Ian Wright is an absolute hero for saying how we all feel about this World Cup…
“I've just read that the Somalian referee has been denied entry. Every few hours it's another story, another story about fans denied, players denied, officials denied, journalists denied, now refs," Wright said.
"You know something I'm laughing but it's not funny, it's actually not funny and something has to be said.
"The expensive tickets, the most expensive tickets ever, expensive accommodation, transport through the roof. It has to be said.
"Is this how the hosts behave really for the greatest game, the greatest tournament in the world, is this how the hosts behave?
"Are we not hearing more? Are we seeing how Qatar got dragged, are we not hearing more? Is this the spirit of football, really?
"You know who I feel for? I feel for the American fans who are desperate for this, American soccer fans who are desperate for this, how embarrassed they must be. How embarrassing for them this must be.
"This is the World Cup, this is a World Cup of chaos. Whoever wins this World Cup is going to have to go through some serious chaos to get this done.
"I hope we can do it, but something has to be said now. This is the World Cup."
What has happened at the #2026WorldCup over the last 48 hours:
• Swiss footballer Embolo's visa was put under review and he was only able to join his team days later.
• Iraqi national team player Aymen Hussein was held for questioning for nearly 7 hours upon entering the United States.
• The Iranian national team spent days dealing with visa procedures at the U.S. Consulate in Türkiye. The U.S. only allowed them entry on match days. Fifteen members of the delegation were denied visas.
• Omar Abdulkadir Artan, named CAF's Best African Referee of 2025, was denied a visa. Despite travelling to the U.S. with a diplomatic passport, he was refused entry and sent back. FIFA announced that he will not be able to officiate at the tournament.
• The South African national team arrived in the United States much later than planned because part of the delegation was not granted visas.
• Members of the Senegal national team staff were forced to remove their shoes and subjected to lengthy searches, sparking accusations of racism.
• The Uzbekistan national team was searched with bomb-sniffing dogs and the footage went viral in international media.
• Some Scottish supporters, despite being eligible to enter the U.S. visa-free under the ESTA programme, had their travel authorisations revoked just days before departure.
• Many supporters who had already bought tickets and booked accommodation had their visa applications rejected, resulting in financial losses.
🚨 FIFA 2026 TICKET DISASTER EXPOSED
Financial Times just reported: Over 176,000 tickets already flooding the resale market — prices down 20% in a month.
Fans are dumping seats. FIFA is quietly shifting inventory. Empty stadiums incoming for the "biggest World Cup ever."
This is what happens when Gianni Infantino prices the people's game like a billionaire club for Western elites and corporate sponsors.
Same Infantino who stayed silent when US border agents humiliated Senegal’s Lions of Teranga and deported Africa’s top referee Omar Artan like trash.
Same Infantino who invented a fake "Peace Prize" for Trump while African dignity gets trampled.
Hypocrisy level: MAXIMUM.
Football belongs to the Global South too. We built this sport.
Not a luxury product for the few while Africa pays premium prices for second-class treatment.
Infantino’s FIFA is failing — on the pitch, at the border, and in the stands.
The mask is off.
Africa, demand better or build our own power in the game.
🚨📊| 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: 📺
The Champions League Final became the most-watched Champions League Final in UK history, attracting a record 23 million viewers and surpassing the previous record set by Liverpool vs Real Madrid in 2022.
That’s not the end
ManCity 2-1 Arsenal also set a new record as the most-watched Premier League match in US TV history, averaging 2.6 million viewers across NBC and NBC Sports Digital platforms, according to official Nielsen and Adobe Analytics data. 🇺🇸📊📈
Arsenal the denominator again 👀🤯
Arsenal in the Premier League this season:
🥇 Most points (85)
🥇 Most wins (26)
🥇 Most goal difference (+44)
🥇 Most clean sheets (19)
🥇 Most clean sheets in a row (4)
🥇 Most set-piece goals (23)
🥇 Most headed goals (16)
🥇 Most WhoScored MOTM awards (29)
🥇 Fewest losses (5)
🥇 Fewest goals conceded (27)
🥇 Fewest shots conceded per game (8.2)
🥇 Fewest yellow (51) and red cards (0)
Champions 🔴⚪️🏆
#AFC | @Arsenal