Wenger: ‘Half the dressing room wanted out’

ARSENE WENGER has claimed “half the dressing room wanted to leave” Arsenal this summer and the hangover could be behind their poor start to the season.

Sunday’s 2-1 win over Sunderland lifted Arsenal back into the top half of the table, but the Gunners are 12 points off the pace at the top of the table already and face a fight to reach the top four.

“It was a very difficult summer because half the dressing room wanted to leave,” Wenger said in comments made on French radio station RTL.