The great Arsenal brain drain

ACCORDING to a study carried out by the CIES Football Observatory — a shadowy bunch of stattos based in Switzerland — Arsenal are reigning Premier League champions.

At least, when the boffins considered all the shots, assists, passes, dribbles, crosses, interceptions and tackles performed in the English top flight last season, they deemed Arsenal to be the country’s best side.

Watching them play Blackburn last Saturday, you could see why.