“I feel Alex took a gamble last summer.
“He allowed David Beckham, Juan Veron and Fabien Barthez to
go and brought in younger lads. They were players unproven
at the very top level. Now they have to make sure they prove
themselves next season.
“You can accept one season without a trophy but not two in a
row. The Premiership has gone now and if they do not stop
Arsenal next season then Arsenal will just get stronger.
“The likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Louis
Saha, Kleberson and Tim Howard will have to stand up and be
counted. When Roy is not in the side, there is nobody out
there who is as demanding.
“They will have to think about replacing Roy at some stage
and, right now, I can’t see anyone in the squad who could
provide what he does. There really should be a bit more
drive from some of the other United players.”