VCC wrote:How is it we have been so poor at defending for more than 10 years, yet we can not develop a single defender in that time WTF is the club doing at youth level
Well, we did. Bellerín and to some extent, Clichy. Clichy didn't really develop into a top player and Bellerín is going the Wilshere way with his injuries.
In the last 10 years too, we've also had world class or near world class defenders like Sagna, Monreal, Koscielny, and Mertesacker.
Our issue is we never had a stable, top-quality midfield last decade. Apart from that time when Cazorla and Coquelin played, we've always fielded subpar midfields. It has been a recurring issue for nearly 10 years at Arsenal.