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Arsenal and transfers have long been uncomfortable bedfellows..

Arsenal and transfers have long been uncomfortable bedfellows. This is something that seems very much part of the clubs DNA, probably stemming from its origins in the dark mists of time and its struggles as a Southern outpost of the embryonic Football League in Woolwich, Kent. Back in the days, over a 100 years ago, the Woolwich Arsenal crowd was mostly made up of munitions workers, at the whim of the national need for any world event which involved the British military and the Royal Arsenal factory. The Boar War had a similar effect on the club in the 19th century to what happened with the modern Arsenals move to the Emirates, financially crippling it. Back in the late 1890’s the...
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