5 players who had more successful careers after leaving Arsenal

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4. Gael Clichy

Gael Clichy won 2 Premier League titles at Manchester City
Gael Clichy won 2 Premier League titles at Manchester City

When Gael Clichy first arrived at Arsenal, he was tasked with the feat of competing with Ashley Cole. As a youngster, he found it hard to displace Cole, but Wenger had promised him game time in the league. It was gradually over the season that Clichy began to play more games with injuries to England international piling up. However, the Frenchman’s injuries would start to build up too, leaving his place in the team in doubt.

Injuries would plague the rest of his Arsenal tenure and the Gunners did well to be loyal to the left-back. So much so, that Clichy would declare moving to City as a ‘love for money’. Two years later, Clichy would join Manchester City as he wanted to ‘win things’. Despite the Gunners being loyal to him in his injury-stricken years, Clichy would leave when he was fully fit and go on to win two PL titles at the Etihad. Although he won a title in his debut season at Arsenal, the two titles at City meant more as he started most of the games in the campaign.

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