Gnabry's resurgence raises questions over Arsenal's failure to hold onto him when he joined Werder Bremen in 2016 following a disappointing loan spell at West Brom. But Wenger, who was Arsenal's manager at the time, said Gnabry had lacked application while at the Emirates. In fairness I think we had an agreement with him but Bayern stole him away from Werder Bremen. We had prepared him for us to sign his new contract but then suddenly he wanted to go to Werder Bremen." Bayern signed German international Gnabry for £7.2m from Werder Bremen in 2017, and Wenger said: "It was not Werder Bremen that bought him, it was Munich that bought him.

Source: Daily Mirror February 25, 2020 23:51 UTC