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Five players Arsenal should never have sold By Alec McQuarrie It’s transfer season and while most fans will be focusing on the names arriving at the Emirates, the outgoing list is of vital importance too. Arsenal have seen more than its fair share of talented footballers leave through the exit doors over the years, some for better and some for worse.  So here we look at the top five players that Arsenal should have kept hold of, in no particular order.  Patrick Vieira  Some would argue that since Vieira left Arsenal for Juventus in 2005 in a deal worth £13.75 million, no player has adequately replaced him at the heart of midfield.  Nine successful years at Arsenal coincided with Arsène Wenger’s golden years at the club, after joining from AC Milan for £3.5 million in 1996.  The then 20-year-old cited the incoming compatriot Wenger as one of the major reasons why he decided to make the move to North London.  And the reason the colossal centre-midfielder gave...

Why Arsenal should bring Donyell Malen back to the Emirates In the list of promising young players Arsenal must wonder how on earth they let go, Serge Gnabry is the clear pace-setter. But there is another exciting attacking prospect who slipped through the Gunners' net in 2017 and currently finds himself tearing it up for PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie. Donyell Malen started out in the famed Ajax academy but made the switch to Arsenal in 2015, inspired by the likes of Dennis Bergkamp - who coached him in Ajax's under-10s - and the mercurial Dutchman's former strike partner. "Thierry Henry is one of my all-time football heroes," Malen told the Arsenal website shortly after his arrival. "Some people say we play similarly and I take that as a big, big compliment but it is not something I can say. "It is true that he is a player that I watch videos of to learn from and try and bring what he did into my game." Malen showed glimpses of his promise in Ars...