'These players are Wenger's sons'published at 14:36 British Summer Time 2 April 2017
Martin Keown
Former Arsenal defender on BBC Radio 5 live
The uncertainty at Arsenal is not helping these players at all.
There are about 10 players whose contracts are up in 12 months' time. I think if they had won the league last year it would be different. I think they would have signed contracts and Wenger would have been able to get away with a blip season.
Arsene Wenger's philosophy is to shower his players with love. They play for the man and that's Wenger. You can't say anything bad about his players. They are his sons and he will protect them. When you threaten to take that love away, they will start to collapse.