Just wondering the effect of a manager actually going out of his way to make securing a player a priority has on the eventual decision of the player. Wenger reportedly called sahin personally convincing him speaking in german to join us. Prior to this he snatched ramsey off utds grasp via similar means. Makes me wonder how pertient a factor this may be in the players eventual decision. Obviously it varies from player to player but generally speaking especially at a young age it must provide a great degree of comfort.
A lot of players speak very highly of Wenger and jump at the chance to play for him. I think a personal contact from the man aksing you to come and play for his team would be very hard to turn down.
Yes and no - if it is about moving to a club it is a variety of factors -chances, wages, prestige and others while managers rep and attitude do play a part. But say a player wants to join or leave a particular club I dont think it makes an iota of difference.
Can you guys think of any player who we may have let slip in the sense that had wenger made a personal effort we may have got them. I remember ronaldo's mum in particular was very keen for ronaldo to join arsenal.
