If I asked you how much Arsenal have spent on players since the Kroenke family first became involved with a form of stake in the club in 2007, it might be quite the surprise. The figure goes well above the £1 billion mark and yet the club have fallen further from a title challenge in that time.
To make matters worse, Arsenal have spent that money on plenty of questionable players. Ask someone to name successful signings in that billion-pound expenditure and you could probably count them on two hands if you’re being generous.
From a personal perspective, I would argue that Bacary Sagna, Samir Nasri, Aaron Ramsey, Laurent Koscielny, Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud, Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Kieran Tierney and Gabriel Martinelli have been the genuinely good buys from the summer of 2007 up until the start of Mikel Arteta’s tenure.
