The curse of 5 players with Number 9 Back at Arsenal

For the sake of adding sharply attacking Arsenal at the Premier Leagues, Arsenal finally bought Lucas Perez, a Spain midfielder who previously played for Deportivo la Coruna.

He was one of the players that are accurate in scoring. Perez scored 24 goals success plus 14 assists from 59 matches together Super Depor at all competitions. Not surprisingly, Perez who wore the number 9 on the Club will be a hope Wenger to achieve maximum results in the Premier League season 2016/2017.

"He's not only a scorer, he's a player who is able to work equally well with his teammates, capable of providing feedback and making the final minute interesting. He's got a great eye for scoring and had an incredible season last year, "said Wenger.

However, Wenger is known to what is called the curse of the player with a back number 9. A lot of players who wore number 9 back will experience things such as injuries sustained and difficult scoring.

At Arsenal, Perez will wear the number 9 back as the identity of the player that he was the attacker. Anyone who experienced the ' curse '? Bola.com will give you the answer.

Davor Suker

When Wenger decided buy Suker to replace Nicolas Anelka, he plays at Real Madrid and scored 114 goals in 239 appearances in the period 1996-1999. Come to Arsenalin 1999, his prowess in Real Madrid don't seem to be retried with The Gunners.

Perform as many as 39 times in all competitions, he was only able to scored 11 goals in all competitions, and in the end he decided to move after only a season, to playWest Ham in 2000. In the Premier League, he scored only 8 goals in 22 matches. 6 goals including 3 games created in the Premier League.

Francis Jeffers

Jefefrs managed to lure Wenger, because when he plays with Everton in the period1997-2001, he managed 9 goals in 60 appearances. Wenger then decided to get it with around 8 million euros or USD 127.5 billion, a considerable amount for the time.

Interestingly, he played for 3 seasons, and in the season 2001/2002, he only played6 times and scored 2 goals in the Premier League. The next season, he only played 12 times, and scored twice as last season. His performance inconsistent, as well as a sustained injury, making it not played in his final season at all, i.e. 2003/2004, in the Premier League alongside Arsenal.

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Jose Antonio Reyes

The third player who is cursed by the number 9 back at Arsenal was Jose Antonio Reyes, Spain players who shared Debuts Seville in 1999, when he was 16 years old. His name became the center of attention, because before joining Arsenal, he scored 25goals in 96 appearance along with Sevilla in the span of 2000-2004.

However, when joined Arsenal in 2004, he only can print 16 goals in 69 appearancealongside Arsenal at the season 3 Premier League. 2003/2004 season, he only performed as many as two goals in 13 appearances. Slightly improved in the next season,he scored 9 goals in 30 appearances. His final season, 2005 -2006, marks a sharp decline from the appearance of Reyes at Arsenal. He only scored 5 goals in 26 appearance.

Although his performance is not satisfactory, he at least has a golden moment in Arsenal, i.e. when he scored two goals in the big 8 against Chelsea in the FA Cup. Arsenal eventually won with a score of 2-1.

Park Chu-Young

Park is one of the few Asian players in the Arsenal. His performance in Monaco attracted attention, i.e. with 26 touchdowns that he created in 116 matches along with AS Monaco in the period 2008-2011. One of the things that is pretty pathetic from the aspirations of the Park to Arsenal in 2011 is he only played 1 time in the Premier League in the season 2011/2012.

He did appear in the United Kingdom as much as League Cup 3 times on the season 2011/2012, and 1 time in the summer of 2012/2013. Of those four games, he scored only one goal, namely at the time against Bolton Wanderers on 25 October 2011.

Lukas Podolski

Podolski became the 5th player to feel the curse back number 9. With only scored 19 goals in 60 appearance during the 2012-2015 in the Premier League, 4 6 goals from his performance in the FA Cup during the 2012-2015, and eight goals from 14 penampilannyd in the Champions League during the season of 2012/2015.

In the season of 2013/2014, due to a hamstring injury at the time face Fenerbahce in the Champions League qualification, she could not appear for 10 weeks, or the equivalent of 30 matches.