13 June 2007: "Thierry Henry will be here next year. Can I guarantee that? Yes, of course."
25 June 2007: Henry signs for Barcelona.
3 July 2009: "If [Adebayor] does not want to stay, he will leave, but I think he will be still at Arsenal this season."
18 July 2009: Adebayor signs for Manchester City.
July 2011: "Samir's situation is clear. He stays. We are in a position where we can say 'no' and we will."
August 2011: Nasri signs for Manchester City.
July 2011: "I will be clear about this. Fabregas is with Arsenal for a long time and he will stay with Arsenal."
August 2011: Fabregas signs for Barcelona.
March 2012: "Our plan is to keep Robin van Persie, even if we buy any player." "Robin is the leader of our club. He is under contract until 2013."
August 2012: Van Persie signs for Man United.
15 July 2017: "Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will stay. 100 per cent I expect him to stay. There is no speculation. No matter what happens he will stay."
30 August 2017: Fast forward a few weeks, and he's a Liverpool player.
18 July 2017: "The decision has been made and we will stick to that. The decision is not to sell."
31 August 2017: Ayyyyyyy