While Arsene Wenger often knew when to let players leave Arsenal, the manager did make some mistakes towards the end of his reign.
Wenger made a few questionable signings before leaving in 2018 and also sold players that he probably should have kept at the club.
We’ve looked at the last 10 players sold by the legendary French manager to see how they’ve fared after leaving north London.
Olivier Giroud
Giroud was deemed surplus to requirements by Wenger following Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s arrival at the Emirates in January 2018.
The striker was sold to Chelsea in a £12million deal and came back to haunt his former club 18 months later, scoring the opening goal in the 2019 Europa League final.
He remained a fringe player at Stamford Bridge until the summer of 2021, having scored a respectable 39 goals in 119 appearances (most of which came off the bench).
The 36-year-old is now turning out for AC Milan, looking positively sprightly in comparison to 40-year-old Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and scored 11 Serie A goals as they won the Scudetto last term – the first time he’s won a league title since Montpellier’s surprise Ligue 1 triumph a decade ago.
And he’s expected to be named in France’s World Cup squad. You just cannot keep a good man down.
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— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) November 6, 2022
Alexis Sanchez
Sanchez refused to sign a new contract at Arsenal before joining Manchester United in a now-infamous swap deal with Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Despite arriving with high expectations, he failed to deliver at Old Trafford, scoring five goals in 45 appearances in all competitions.
United were so desperate to get his wages off the books that they allowed the Chile international to join Inter Milan on a free transfer in 2020.
It looks increasingly unlikely he’ll ever be back to his best, but Sanchez was a useful squad player for Antonio Conte as Inter won the Scudetto in 2020-21. He’s now turning out for Marseille.
Theo Walcott
After spending 12 years at the Emirates, Walcott decided to move to Everton in January 2018 in search of regular first-team football.
The 33-year-old is now back where it all began, turning out for Southampton, though rarely in the starting XI. He didn’t manage a goal or an assist for Saints last term.
Francis Coquelin
Coquelin struggled to establish himself as a key member of the first team at the Emirates but…
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