Former
Arsenal
goalkeeper
Manuel
Almunia is
looking
forward to
watching
how Arsene
Wenger
builds a new
side ahead of
their
upcoming
Premier League campaign,
which gets underway in the next two weeks.
Almunia left the club on June 30
after the Gunners released him
from his contract, and he has
since moved to Watford, where
he has replaced Scott Loach as
their first choice goalkeeper.
Arsenal's apparent reluctance to
spend money during transfer
windows has been a source of
much controversy, but Almunia
is confident Wenger can bring
in young talent and see them
succed.
"As a player at Arsenal, it is quite hard
to see the best players go to
other clubs every year. They
have missed a lot of great
players in the last few years,"
Almunia said to Sunday Mirror.
"The first year I came to
England, I thought 'Oh, I'm
going to win a lot of things
with Arsenal' but the change started after then. The club has been
changing every year,"
The arrival of Lukas Podolski
and Olivier Giroud is an
encouraging start over, according to
Almunia, but they won't cover
for the loss of Robin van Persie
if he leaves the Emirates
this summer.
"One of these years, everything
has to come together and be
perfect, and now is the time for
Arsenal," Almunia noted. "They've
signed some good players this
year, Santi Cazorla is a fantastic player."
Wenger's side play their last
friendly of pre-season against
Bundesliga outfit Koln next
Sunday, with the Gunners
taking on Sunderland in the
Premier League a week later when the English premier league kicks-off.
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