Three arguments by Wenger that convinced Ramsey to Arsenal

Wenger first told him that his route to first-team football at Manchester United was blocked by no more than nine players.

And he named them as Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick, Owen Hargreaves, Darren Fletcher, Ji-Sung Park, Anderson, and Nani.

The second point made by Wenger was that Arsenal’s transfer policy is more conservative and does not rely on signing big stars.

Big money transfers would obviously further block his development and his route to first team football. Which according to Wenger is what Manchester United tend to do.

He pointed out that United have spent around £300m on transfers in the last six years, while Arsenal in the same period have splashed out only £40m.

And the third point which seemed to convince the Ramsey family is that Aaron’s style and football technique is more suited to Arsenal.