Arsenal legend Tony Adams says the club owed it's success to former director Danny Fiszman.
Adams notes that among the most significant changes since his previous visit London has been the death in April of Fiszman, the diamond merchant who joined the board in 1992 and helped finance Arsene Wenger's Double-winning teams of 1998 and 2002.
"I think that a significant factor, 90 per cent, in why we achieved so much is that Danny Fiszman invested £50m in the club and we were able to go to the next level," he told the Independent on Sunday. "I got my first decent contract at the club, so did David Seaman, we were able to bring in Dennis Bergkamp - and that was before Arsène arrived - David Platt, Patrick Vieira, Nicolas Anelka, and were able to pay them - top players from around the world.
"I'd like to feel that a good manager can get the best out of those players once you've got them, but more often than not, if you've got the best players you win the League," he added. "And more important than that, if you've got the best defensive record you win the League. Fact."
