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well, I don't really follow aresenal, so just change english to british. He has dumped numerous british players in favor of continental players too many times to count. Its one thing if its in favor of guys like fabregas, van persie, or henry, but when a few guys like Cygan get the nod before a brit, I find it rather silly

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Yes, he does drop a fair amount of talent, especially after they have been in the squad for a far amount of time. It doesn't matter to Wenger whether the players are English, Greek, or Japanese. When he lets go of young players either when they aren't content or haven't established themselves. As for the most recent well-known English players he has dropped, let's go through them.

Matthew Upson: An average Championship-level defender who never lived up to his hype. He never would have more than 4-5 starts a season for Arsenal and there is a reason why he is not playing for a Premiership team right now. I would definitely rather have Cygan over Upson.

Jermaine Pennant: A decent Premiership winger who is also a convicted Drunken Driver with a horrible attitude problem. When he was at Arsenal, he was no where near the level of Pires or Lungberg. He failed to impress on a season long loan at Leeds and was afterwards sold.

Richard Wright: A decent Premiership goalie who was absolutely abysmal in his stint at Arsenal, including scoring an own goal, and eventually not even being placed on the subs bench.

Francis Jeffers: Another signing who failed to live up to his hype, failing to score at Arsenal and also failing to secure a first team place.

As for Stokes, I think this deal is in the best interest of Arsenal. Although he definitely does have potential, It is better for Arsenal to sell him now when we can get the most potential out of him instead of selling him 2-3 years down the line for much less money when he wouldn't have played that many games and would have gotten worse on the bench. As much potential as he has, he would not be getting any playing time for Arsenal in the next couple years. He's not good enough right now to replace Henry/RvP/Ade/The Beast, and with Lupoli/Bendtner returning from loan next season, he wouldn't play in any of the cup games or be close to playing in any league games.