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The last time the north Londoners tasted league success was 20 years back, when Wenger’s side went an unprecedented league campaign unbeaten, becoming champions at rivals Tottenham Hotspur’s
ground. There was no such joy to be had on this occasion as Pep Guardiola’s City outclassed West Ham 3-1 on Sunday. The Abu Dhabi-backed juggernaut clinched its sixth title in just seven
years. While some marvelled at Guardiola’s historic feat, others took it as a sign of state-owned clubs’ unparalleled wealth rendering other teams’ efforts useless. Wenger was one of the
first figures in the game to highlight the dangers of what he referred to as “financial doping”. Two decades later, City, with 115 alleged financial charges looming over their heads, have
proven the Frenchman correct as another ‘title rival’, this time Arsenal, fell short. _Le Professeur_ provided a deeper explanation as to why Arsenal were trumped to the title by City in
2016 when he was interviewed at the end of his managerial tenure by Invincible and Gunners legend Thierry Henry. Henry asked FIFA’s now Chief of Global Football Development why the first 10
years of Wenger’s reign were so much more prolific in terms of titles than the period from 2006 to 2018.