Particularly in his first ten years at the club, Arsene Wenger and his scouting team managed to pick up some incredible players for modest sums.

The Frenchman was an expert at scouring the continent for the best young players, as well as being able to move opportunistically for more experienced stars.

Wenger was certainly not perfect in a transfer market, even in his early years, but there were certainly a great deal more ‘hits’ than ‘misses’.

Press the next page as we look at what we believe were his five best signings as Gunners boss.