Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admitted he may have let Jay Bothroyd too early with news ex-Arsenal youngest getting a England call-up. The incident which lead to him leaving Arsenal happen went he threw his shirt at the bench after being substituted by Don Howe during the FA Premier Academy League play-off final against West Ham. The then head of youth development Liam Brady said:
"We will not tolerate this behaviour. He is not wanted at this club any more."
He left the London club for Coventry where he played a total of 83 games, scoring 17 goals over three seasons. Next to Italy and Perugia, and loan spell with Blackburn before joining Wolves then Charlton who allowed him to go to Stoke on loan.
He signed for Cardiff from Wolves on a relatively low fee of £350,000 for a striker.
Wenger said:
"He is one of my regrets, he left very early. But I have said many times it is important a guy has a good career, even if he goes somewhere else."It is better than to play in the reserves."He went down but has come back up again and we are all very proud of him at Arsenal."Sometimes it is only later they realise they not only have to have talent, but need to work as well."Sometimes to go down to the Championship, there is no better education."It is true, he had a little outcome that you can have when you are 16 or 17 but he is a good guy, and he is classy; left-footed, strong body, fantastic technique."The incident didn't happen in the first-team group, it happened in the youth team."Liam Brady is responsible for that. They made the decision and I didn't stand in the way because it was a disciplinary matter."
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