Wenger talks about Arnold s departure: It s hard to find a replacement. Players are waiting for sign-free and getting high wages is a trend

May 7th Arsenal meritorious coach Wenger participated in the Bein Sports program and talked about Arnold leaving Liverpool freely this summer.

Arnold announced his departure before the end of the season. Are you surprised by the timing of his announcement?

Not too surprising, because the season is over for him. Overall, I think the timing is right, as Liverpool has already won the championship and they are not fighting for other trophys, so that won't interfere with anything, he has to announce the news and give Liverpool time to find another defender.

I still think Liverpool has lost a great player and he is hard to replace because he is a creative fullback and that is exactly the type of player we like.

As a head coach, how difficult do you think it is to retain players when two major Spanish clubs come to poach? Because you've experienced things like Henry, Fabregas, and Juventus took Vieira

and they all left, you know. But I think this shows a trend in the current transfer market and also reflects a new trend in football. That is, for top players, transfers are no longer common, and they will leave the team after their contract expires. Because they can get very high salaries, now you want to sign a player like Deselli (the guest of the show), you have to pay him a lot of money, but you can't pay him any more transfer fees.

So what will a big club do? They said two years before the contract expires, we want to sign you, we promise you that we will pay you these wages, and we will try to quote the club. If not, we will come back next year. If it still doesn't work next year, we will take you away for free. This is also what they have done to Mbappe. In fact, Real Madrid has come into contact with Arnold a long time ago.