FILE PHOTO - Soccer Football - Premier League - AFC Bournemouth vs Arsenal - Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, Britain - January 14, 2018 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in the stands REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
LONDON (Reuters) - When Manchester United last bought a player from Arsenal, then manager Alex Ferguson complimented counterpart Arsene Wenger on the hard bargain he drove in selling striker Robin van Persie, saying the Frenchman "could run a poker school in Govan".
That reference to the raw end of Glasgow where Ferguson grew up suggested Wenger had extracted the maximum possible from a difficult situation in ensuring United paid the then hefty sum of 24 million pounds for the Dutch striker.
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