Arsenal legend Tony Adams believes manager Arsene Wenger is coming
towards the end of his historic tenure and has put himself forward as a
candidate to take over.
Adams still commands the respect of all Gunners supporters after his
lengthy stint as the club’s captain, but his managerial record at
Wycombe and Portsmouth did not suggest he was ready to take on the
mantle at his beloved Arsenal.
However, the ambitious Adams insists he is ready to step into the breach
if Wenger moves aside, even though he admits that the current Arsenal
squad is not strong enough to challenge for major honours any time soon.
“To keep hitting the top four and qualifying for the Champions League is
great, but there is going to come a day, and that won’t be far away,
when Arsene leaves. One hundred per cent I’d like to be Arsenal
manager,” Adams told Zapsportz.com.
“Of course my heart says, 'Yes, yes, yes', but my head says, ‘Can I win
with this current team?’ My answer is no, I can’t and I am not sure
anyone can.
“For a long time he has been a one-man band, but that won’t happen
again. The next man appointed will be the head coach, not the manager.”
Adams has joined the chorus of Arsenal supporters who believe Wenger’s
reluctance to spend big money in the transfer market is holding back the
club’s ambitions, while he has also suggested the wage structure at the
club needs to be reviewed.
“I know Arsene would not spend £25million on buying Bayern’s goalkeeper
Manuel Neuer for example, no matter how much he might need a new
keeper,’’ added Adams. “I think that is a great policy, but the club
needs to restructure its wages spent, that is a vastly different matter.
“The club are paying in excess of £150million on wages but there have
been a lot of average players on £50,000-a-week when the big teams now
need four or five players on a lot of money. Arsenal do not attract
those big players because of their wages structure.”
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