Former Arsenal defender Gael Clichy revealed he and a bunch of other Gunners left Arsenal for Manchester City because they felt the club could no longer challenge for trophies.The former France international was one of several high-profile names to go from Emirates to Etihad stadium. Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Adebayor, Bacary Sagna and Samir Nasri all decided to move to join Citizens too.In the last 10 seasons Arsenal have let these players join their top six rivalsAdebayor to Man CityToure to Man CityGallas to SpursNasri to Man CityClichy to Man CityRVP to Man UnitedSagna to Man CityChamberlain to LiverpoolSanchez to Man UnitedGiroud to Chelsea pic.twitter.com/0wBCo7UR5j— Dream Team (@dreamteamfc) January 31, 2018 Clichy talked to Talksport about how large a difference in mentality there was at Arsenal compared to City, and how he and his teammates left having felt the Gunners were being left behind.”From the first moment, you realise from the coach, from the players, from the people in the office to the fans, the expectations are so high.”It’s so demanding that you cannot stop. You often hear managers saying that the year after winning the title or winning a cup, it is a difficult season. The players are in that mood where you feel that you’ve done something great, and it takes you time to get going again into the new season.##EDITORS_CHOICE##”Pep does not allow this; he is ruthless, and you can see from how many times he is changing his team if a player is not giving him what he wants, he is not afraid of putting him aside.”I’m not surprised because of what they have been doing inside and outside. The communication, the investment, the new training ground – all of this is one big package that just tells you that this club is going.Finally – Arsenal score and Arsenal win in the Premier League!”That’s why all the players in my time left Arsenal because we felt that City was going in a different direction.”When you play, you want results, you want to win. So you go to the place where you can have silverware,” concluded Clichy.
