Wenger: Gnabry has no limitations - but how much does he want to suffer?

Arsene Wenger says Serge Gnabry has no real weaknesses in his game, but he has questions about the German’s attitude.

Wenger was manager of Arsenal when Gnabry was sold in 2016, joining Werder Bremen before heading to Bayern Munich the following summer.

“This guy has no real limitations,” Wenger told beIN Sports. “It’s more about how much does he want to suffer?

“He has pace, power, technical ability, he is very intelligent but sometimes he looks for the easy way. That was his problem.

“I sent him to West Brom and it didn’t work out at all. In fairness, I think we had an agreement with him and Bayern stole him away from Bremen.

“He is a good player. He has individual ability and collective ability.”

Wenger didn’t want to lose him, despite his struggles, and says he thought he was going to sign a new deal.

“We had an agreement with him,” Wenger added. “Because he didn’t play at West Brom, I let him go with the under-21s in the summer with the German national team.

“He did very well, he was fresh, we had prepared him, fast to sign his new contract.

“Then suddenly he wanted to go to Werder Bremen but it was not Werder Bremen who bought him, it was Bayern Munich.

“It was six months later, less than a year, he went from Bremen to Bayern but it was a done deal before. He was at the end of his contract and we thought he would stay.”