Arsenal news: Arsene Wenger signing a contract made the Gunners an afterthought, says Burley
That is the view of ESPN FC pundit and former Chelsea star Craig Burley.
Wenger signed a two-year extension to his Arsenal deal in May despite calls from large sections of support for him to leave.
The Gunners have had another difficult start to the season, losing three of their first eight Premier League games, including the loss to Watford on Saturday.
Burley says he was not surprised by the 2-1 reverse at Vicarage Road and has supported Troy Deeney’s comments, where the striker claimed Arsenal lack “cojones”.
Do you know when this all unfolded for Arsenal? When Arsene Wenger grabbed that biro pen and he put 'Arsene Wenger' on that white bit of contract
Craig Burley on Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger
The Scot reckons people lost interest in talking about Arsenal once Wenger put pen to paper on his contract.
“I thought we had stopped talking about them on the show,” he said.
“I just thought we had stopped talking about them.
“There is no surprise, was there any surprise? I know there was no (Alexis) Sanchez.
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Arsenal news: Arsene Wenger signed a new two-year deal in May
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“Listen, fair play to Troy Deeney for saying it, but it’s hardly rocket science that Arsenal have got a weak back-bone and you can get at them.
“Do you know when this all unfolded for Arsenal?
“When Arsene Wenger grabbed that biro pen and he put 'Arsene Wenger' on that white bit of contract for £8million-a-year or whatever it is for that two-year deal.
“As soon as that happened, they just became an afterthought.”
