Former Arsenal chief David Dein reveals his biggest transfer regret

Former Arsenal chief David Dein talks Ashley Cole regret and the European Super League

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[richardhanson]

You can tell from Simon Jordan's face how much respect and admiration he has for David Dein.

[Shaggy-]

I remember arsene saying he told the board- 'you want to lose Ashley over 5k?'

[soludave]

Arsenal did not do enough to keep Ashley Cole. I appreciate David Dean’s admission. Wenger will not admit to something like that. Arsenal lost its identity when the team moved out of highbury.

[SuperMillwall]

It makes perfect sense for the Premier League to setup their own Netflix style streaming service. Once their deals are up, they should 100% start their own service. Imagine paying £20 or something and being able to watch any Premier League game you want.. That HAS to be the future of football in this country.

The prices you have to pay for Sky, BT, Amazon just to watch some football is absolutely ridiculous. It’s no wonder everyone resorts to streaming.

Edit: When I say £20 I mean a monthly subscription fee of £20, meaning you can watch as many Premier League games you like for that amount. Not £20 per a one off game.

[caleb]

David Dean and Arsene Wenger... Two of the people in football that don't get their deserved respect.

[jordanmichael]

We need David Dein back in some sort of capacity him Edu and Arteta would be magnificent.
David Dein did so much for the Premier league people don't even know the input he had with the changing from 22 teams 42 matches a season to 20 matches and 38 matches a season hes a legend in his own right for Arsenal and the Premier league.

[marloncampbell]

Obvious really ASHLEY Cole is the BEST British LB I've seen

[ronbiggs]

Ashley was underappreciated and vilified for wanting what he was worth.
.I have great respect David for acknowledging they should have done more

[paddy_wax]

i used to work at Anfield when I was a student, working on the door to Executive Lounge basically, quality job.. Anyway, I met David Dein and he was an absolute gentleman, friendly and down to earth and after the match he asked me where the nearest bus stop was outside the stadium so that he could get back into town to get the train back to London from Lime St. Very humble and down to earth guy and that has stuck with me for ~15 years.

[paulparker]

My club just hasn’t been the same since he left

[derusio]

Blimey Talksport, when are you going to sort out the volume level on the intro/outro .. if you forget to turn down at the end it's burst eardrums everytime! Apart from that, great content as always guys, thanks.

[Maj]

Allowing cole to leave was the beginning of our downfall

[chrishutch]

I love how Martin still calls David Dein “Mr Dein”

[samueldavids]

I dont understand. This conversation is a contradiction within itself. On one hand its implied that its a outrage that foreign money has come in to improve Chelsea and Man City, but then its a sense of pride that the premier league is heads and shoulders above every other league in the world (from a financial and coverage level). Which one is it?

[JahbezSnowdon]

The ultimate respect to refer to him as Mr Dein 👏🏾

[arsmaster]

That transfer with Gallas coming in return, getting #10 and the captain’s armband was the moment Arsenal fell behind their competitors.

[meistyboy]

no arguments. just a great conversation. refreshing to see on talksport

[thecyclingbean]

Arsenal were cut from a different cloth back then. Such a classy historic club.

[markheitz]

The Gentleman of sport, need I say more

[jasonleon]

David Dein is worthy of a statue at Arsenal as far as I'm concerned.