THERE’S NO VALUE IN NO TROPHIES

ANYONE who wonders why there sometimes appears a disconnection between Arsene Wenger and a section of Arsenal’s fans only has to study his statements last week. Again explaining his philosophy, Wenger said: ‘You cannot live inside a club thinking we want to win the next trophy, and if you don’t win it then you have lost. The club is bigger than that and has a stronger basis than that. ‘A club is firstly about values. One value is to win trophies, but more importantly it is to know who we are and what is important to us in the game.’ In other words, there is no such thing as a bad season at Arsenal as long as the club stays true to its values. Wenger’s values. It is a noble approach, but there will always be those who prefer a more finite measure of success, and they tend to be the unhappy ones.