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. Every summer meant losing key players and finding ways to remain competitive enough to secure Champions League football.
🔴 Sold stars
🔴 Balanced the books
🔴 Built a world-class stadium
🔴 Kept Arsenal among Europe’s elite
Wenger didn't just manage Arsenal through that era. He carried the club through one of the most difficult financial periods in its history.
The trophies are part of his legacy. But so is the fact that Arsenal emerged from that period stronger, financially stable and ready to compete again.
Arsène Wenger was talking about “financial doping” years ago.
He was mocked, dismissed and accused of being bitter because Arsenal weren’t winning anymore.
Now Manchester City have been found guilty of the vast majority of the Premier League’s financial charges.
I hope the apologies are as loud as the disrespect was back then.
Without Wenger's sacrifices, there is no Arsenal of today.
The whole nation knew Siti Hasmah as being free hair in almost all of her public appearances, bar one or two (or a few) occasions when she was photographed with her head covered.
Yet in death, Azrul Mohd Khalib chooses to cartoonise her memory in hijab.
Saya tak pasti apa masalah Ridhuan Tee.
Selama ini memang banyak yang saya tidak bersetuju dengan dia.
Tapi kali ini saya rasa melampau sangat.
Hati dia hitam sehitam-hitamnya.
Sedih lah tengok perangai si Ridhuan Tee ni. Ziarah orang meninggal dunia pun dia sempat nak tabur fitnah dan semai kebencian. Harap dia bersihkan hatinya.
Tentunya dalam keadaan sekarang, kita bersimpati kepada Dr Mahathir dan keluarga
Kita sentiasa kenang jasa dan khidmat kepada negara kerana Tun Dr Siti Hasmah aktif semasa beliau menjadi isteri Perdana Menteri dan menjaga kebajikan serta kesejahteraan rakyat - Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
#malaysiagazette #tunsitihasmah #belangsungkawa
Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal about to resume the real Premier League Big 4 rivalry. None of that corrupt City in the mix nonsense.
Football heritage.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/Muxqp4beK9
Yamtuan Besar Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Mukhriz adalah cucu kepada Agong Pertama Tuanku Abdul Rahman.
Baginda adalah putera sulung Tuanku Munawir (Yamtuan Besar Negeri Sembilan 1960–1967). Apabila Tuanku Munawir mangkat pada 14 April 1967, Tuanku Muhriz ketika itu berusia sekitar 18–19 tahun. Undang Yang Empat tidak memilih beliau, sebaliknya memilih bapa saudara baginda, Tuanku Ja’afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, sebagai Yamtuan Besar ke-10.
Alasan utama yang dinyatakan ialah usia Tuanku Mukhriz yang masih muda; Undang mahukan pemerintah yang lebih berpengalaman.
Sistem Negeri Sembilan memang bukan warisan mutlak kepada anak sulung. Undang Yang Empat memilih dari kalangan Putera Yang Empat berdasarkan kesesuaian. Anak lelaki pemerintah yang mangkat diutamakan, tetapi mereka boleh memilih saudara lelaki jika dianggap lebih sesuai.
Selepas Tuanku Ja’afar mangkat pada Disember 2008, Undang memilih semula Tuanku Mukhriz sebagai Yamtuan Besar ke-11. Kali ini baginda sudah berusia 60 tahun. Ramai melihatnya sebagai pemulihan susur galur yang sepatutnya.
Ringkasnya: ya, baginda “terlepas” takhta pada 1967 kerana masih muda, dan digantikan oleh Tuanku Ja’afar. Kemudian baginda dilantik pada 2008.
Semoga Allah sejahterakan dan panjangkan umur Tuanku Mukhriz untuk memimpin Negeri Sembilan. Daulat Tuanku!