John Giles: Why Arsene Wenger and Pep Guardiola have been exposed as powerless in the last weekThis transfer has highlighted the fact that there are limits to Guardiola’s control and that Arsene Wenger is a virtual bystander in a key component of his job. The transfer has exposed Wenger in a very stark way. Sanchez is on his way to Old Trafford and from Wenger’s comments yesterday, he was never in control of that situation. Now, it looks like the only thing that stopped the sale to Manchester City was the Gunners’ failure to sign Thomas Lemar. So even before Mislintat took up his position as head of recruitment, Wenger’s control over his squad was gone.

Source: Irish Independent January 19, 2018 18:00 UTC