有個記者回顧一下離開海布里的球員們日後的生涯發展，總計在溫格手底下
出走的有52個球員，其中不乏出名的球員，但是少有人能踢得比他們在海布里
的表現還要好。出名的例子有Anelka, Overmars, Petit, Paul Merson, 比較
普通的球員像是can Bronkhosrt, Boa Morte, 這幾個不是傷就是表現不好.
離開海布里越踢越好的例外只有伯明罕的後衛Upson，他還入選英格蘭熱身賽
的名單裡。
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The curse of leaving Arsenal
By Steve Curry, Daily Mail
5 August 2004
The exit door at Highbury has rarely led to a pathway to paradise and
Patrick Vieira may not find Madrid the Mecca he anticipates.
A remarkable 52 players have shaken hands with Arsene Wenger and bid
farewell to Highbury since the Frenchman took over eight years ago,
but few can say the parting was to their advantage.
Nobody could begin to suggest that Vieira has not given the best years
of his career to Arsenal. He is less than two weeks away from
celebrating his eighth anniversary with the London club and, at the
age of 28, has given them impeccable service.
In that respect he can hardly be labelled a mercenary. But he might
like to note that not many footballers who have turned their backs
on the bust of Herbert Chapman in the marble reception hall at
Highbury have gone on to greater things.
You don't need many fingers to count the number of players who have
bettered themselves after a spell under the wand of Wenger.
Not even Marc Overmars, who has enjoyed qualified success at Barcelona,
could improve on his record in north London. With Arsenal, Overmars
won the League and FA Cup Double in his first season (1997-9,
scoring in the Wembley final against Newcastle. In three years at
Highbury, the winger scored 27 goals in 100 appearances.
Moving to Spain in 2000 for a fee of £23million - still a record for
a Dutch player - Overmars was almost immediately dogged by a knee
injury which caused his retirement, aged 31, last week.
Similarly, Emmanuel Petit, who went to Barcelona at the same time as
Overmars, made only 23 appearances for the Catalan club before
returning to London with Chelsea, for whom he made only three starts
last season.
Overmars said: 'I know what a favourite Patrick is at Highbury,
but his ambition has made him feel he wants to see if he can get
success elsewhere. That's totally understandable.
'The Arsenal fans need to accept and respect his feelings. He's
done so well for them there, they can't begrudge him ambition.
They don't let you move easily at Highbury. They didn't want me
to move when I left, but I was quite determined that I wanted to
test myself somewhere new. I'm glad I made that move.'
The one thing those Arsenal fans will respect is that Vieira has
chosen to leave England and there is little chance that he would
ever have contemplated joining any other Premiership club. But now
that he appears Bernabeu-bound, Vieira might reflect on the fate
that befell another Arsenal player who made the same journey.
Nicolas Anelka, one of the host of young Frenchmen Wenger has
imported from his native country, has never fulfilled the early
promise he showed as a Highbury teenager.
Signed for £500,000 in 1997, Anelka made a huge profit for Arsenal
when he left Highbury for Madrid in a £23m deal in 1999.
In three years at Highbury, Anelka scored 23 goals in 65 games.
But he never settled in Madrid, nor at Paris Saint-Germain and
had an unsuccessful 20-game stint at Liverpool before moving on
to Manchester City.
Indeed, it would be safe to say that of the players Wenger has
o f f- loaded, only defender Matthew Upson has progressed to
achieve international status as a Birmingham City player after
failing to make the breakthrough at Highbury.
Some, like Luis Boa Morte, have experienced limited success in
the Premiership, while Giovanni Van Bronckhorst has been a minor
hit with Barcelona.
You could, too, make a case for Paul Merson, who appeared to have
enjoyed his best days at Highbury but who then carved a new
Premiership career for himself at Middlesbrough, Aston Villa
and Portsmouth.
Despite that, the overwhelming evidence suggests that few players
have actually gone on to better things after leaving behind the
cerebral influence of Wenger.
Becoming a galactico has proved a magnet for the great and the
good and Vieira must hope he will enjoy linking up with the likes
of Figo, Zidane and Beckham. But history, alas, is against him.
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