
On the face of it, the impending transfer of Robin Van Perise to one of Europe's elite clubs seems like any other situation where a player begins to feel too big for his boots. Where an Oil Baron's money and the lure of trophies crushes any thought of morals into extinction.
But then you begin to ask the question, why did Wenger allow Van Persie's contract to run into its last year? Surely by January,...