Arsenal reject Benik Afobe out to make Arsene Wenger pay for letting him leave

While he admits he holds no grudges Bournemouth's £12m man admits there will be "no friends" when his team welcome the Gunners on Sunday 

Arsenal reject Benik Afobe warned there will be “no friends” on Sunday when he bids to pile more title misery on the Gunners.
Afobe was farmed out on loan to six different clubs by the Gunners before they sold him to Wolves in a £2million deal.

And after just 12 months at Molineux, where he scored 23 goals in 44 starts, Afobe was snapped up to lead Bournemouth 's charge for Premier League safety.

Afobe's third goal in as many games, following his bumper £12m move to the south coast last month, clinched a vital win at Crystal Palace on Tuesday night – and now he has trained his sights on a reunion with the Gunners on Sunday.

 

Just about the last player Arsene Wenger would want to rub his nose in Arsenal's faltering title bid is a 22-year-old poacher he sold for peanuts, and Afobe warned: “I've got a job to do for my new club on Sunday and there will be no friends out there.

“But I don't hold any grudges – I've already scored three goals in my last three games, so I've got nothing to prove to Arsenal.

“It was their decision to sell me and I've moved on. It's been years now – I would have liked to have got my chance there, but it didn't happen.

 

“I've got nothing bad to say about Arsenal. I'm here in the Premier League now, scoring winning goals for Bournemouth, so I just want to enjoy and keep improving.

“Arsenal were a massive influence on me because I was there from the age of about six, they helped me to progress as a footballer and I've got a lot of reasons to thank them.”