Arsene Wenger's imagination and ideas, and David Dein's reality clout to make them happen were the ideal partnership. After all it was Dein that brought him to Highbury from..... Yeah! that one.
Dein's contacts in the football world is not be underestimated, and that is where Gazidis is at major disadvantage. I reckon a lot of players that Arsene failed to get in the past years would have stood a better chance had Dein been on board. But we'll never know.
Dein had been the director of Arsenal from 1983 until he was forced off the board almost 3 years ago, ironically enough, it was mainly due to his dealings with Stan Kroenke, who he introduced to the club and helped broker the sale of 9.9% of the ITV shares in the club that the American thus purchased. When the club decided they wanted a new stadium, Dein adviced them that a sugar daddy was needed too. Someone with billions of dollars to invest in the club to keep them competitive throughout the transition phase. This is when he was quickly hurried off the round table.
If Wenger would just come out and say that the club does not have any money, and we will always, or atleast in the next six to ten years, be a selling club. I think a lot of fans would respect him more.
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