Former Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand says Arsenal are going backwards as a club under manager Arsene Wenger.

The Gunners drew 0-0 with West Ham on Wednesday evening, a result which saw them drop out of the top 6.

They are now without a win in their last 3 league games, and sit a whopping 19 points behind league leaders Manchester City. It has been a tough season for most Premier League clubs, with the majority already conceding defeat to Manchester City and tipping them for the title. City’s success in the league is no shock though, unlike recent news coming out of Ireland where another footballer gets banned.

Arsenal haven’t challenged for the league title seriously for years now, yet Wenger was handed a new two-year deal at the end of last season – a decision that divides opinion.

Speaking after the draw with rivals West Ham, Ferdinand insists the Gunners are going backwards under the Frenchman, and says fans should start asking more questions.

“If I’m an Arsenal fan I’m sitting there and asking the question ‘where is the progress over the last few years?” said Ferdinand.

“Tell me where the progress is with this side because that’s what you look for year in and year out. You look for progression within a football club, within a team [and] I don’t see it.

“I see players going backwards. I don’t see players improving dramatically under this regime and that is the worrying part for me.

“And when you look at this Arsenal team and the history of Arsenal, even Arsene Wenger’s early tenure at the club it was about trophies, it was about winning and competing for titles, for leagues.

“They are not doing that now. They are fighting for one or two positions in the Champions League.”
[Quotes via Metro]