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of his near 20-year reign in north London. Speaking to Sky Sports Now, Winterburn, who spent 13 seasons with the Gunners from 1987, said: The p
Former Arsenal defender Nigel Winterburn has warned Arsene Wenger he may have just one more year to prove he can lead the Gunners to the title. In a season where Leicester City and Tottenham have been the unlikely contenders for the Premier League trophy, Arsenal have failed to maintain a serious title charge. The Gunners campaign has sparked frustration among the fans, with protests planned for the Sky Live home game against Norwich on Saturday evening, and Winterburn has suggested Wenger is now in the crunch phase of his near 20-year reign in north London. Speaking to Sky Sports Now, Winterburn, who spent 13 seasons with the Gunners from 1987, said: The problem Arsenal had was they sold the dream of moving to the new stadium to be able to compete with the big clubs. The club has very special values and one is to stick together and support the team - there is no success otherwise. Arsene Wenger I think whats happened is theyve moved backwards in terms of being able to challenge for the title.Winterburn feels that if being judged over a three-year period, Wenger is running out of time to produce a title.Yes theyve been successful in terms of getting into the Champions League, but ... I would go back two years and then next year, because they are coming out of that period now. Hes just said it: Weve got the financial clout. So in my eyes in those three years they would have to at least had a very, very strong challenge for the title.They wont do it this season obviously, they didnt do it last season so they have to do it next season, but they have to spend money. Arsene Wenger highlights Arsenals home form against the smaller teams as the reason they didnt win the title Wenger responded to criticism in his news briefing ahead of the Norwich game calling on supporters to back his team rather than take part in the scheduled protests, but Winterburn admits he has sympathy with the fans who last enjoyed Premier League success with the Invincibles of 2003-04.Arsene Wenger will have to go out this summer and spend money because if he doesnt, the supporters will look at it and say, Well, we are out of this financial restraint that we were in now. Were not good enough to win the league this season, so weve got to spend some money and re-strengthen, he said. I believe Wenger will have to do that. If they do that then it may be that the supporters will back him. But there is certainly a large majority who are feeling theyve been sold the wrong dream at the moment and its time for Wenger to go. Geoff Shreeves sits down with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to talk about Leicesters remarkable season and where it went wrong for Arsenal Having worked under him, I still think he is the man to take them forward, but theyve got to get those signings right this season and the earlier they do it the better, because then the fans will look at that and say, Oh, well, okay, it looks like we do mean business this time.Leicester are just three points away from claiming their first top-flight title despite spending the majority of last season in a relegation battle.The Foxes remarkable season has surprised and captivated the football world and Winterburn believes their success on a much smaller budget has reflected poorly on the top teams, especially Arsenal. Were talking about Arsenal needing to spend money to win the league, but we are looking at a team this season in Leicester who havent spent a huge amount of money, he said.Its their organisation and their desire, that has taken them to the brink of winning the Premier League.If it had been one of the top teams who had won the title this season then I think the supporters would have said, well okay weve got a big team winning it, but instead they are looking at it and saying well this was our year. Also See: Sky Live: Arsenal v Norwich Nicholas backs Arsenal protests Welbeck winner tops Twitter list Back us, Wenger urges fans Old Skool Pas Cher . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. Old Skool Pas Cher Chine . 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"Jeff is a hard worker who was an important special-teams contributor for us last season," said Stamps GM John Hufnagel. For American Tour de France teammates Tejay van Garderen and Brent Bookwalter, there is no event bigger in their professional careers than the Tour de France that began on Saturday.But as they rode around the once war-stricken region of Normandy that hosted the Tours start in the days preceding Stage 1, they were reminded of where the race really stands for relevance in the big picture of the world that they - and all of us - live in today.The 27-year-old van Garderen has not downplayed his ambition: to one day win the Tour, if not this year, after two fifth-place finishes. Meanwhile, for Bookwalter, 32, his goal is to help his fellow American win the Tour, if not for their BMC teams Australian co-leader with van Garderen, Richie Porte.But this week, they were struck by the meaning behind the 188-kilometre opening stage finishing at Utah Beach -- one of the key landing sites for the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944 in World War II that led to the liberation of north-western Europe from German occupation and finally victory in the war.We got a glimpse of it [on Thursday] and it was a really powerful sight, van Garderen said of Utah Beach on Friday. It really puts it into perspective, what we are doing here. We always say that we are soldiers going to war and then you see the real soldiers and we are, OK, maybe this is just bike racing. So you know, we will just try to have a little bit of fun; but I think its a beautiful place to start with the historical significance of this area.Bookwalter, who is riding in his fourth Tour, said he was taken back by the emotion.There is a lot of emotion and feeling. To be honest, I probably under-anticipated it a little bit coming here, Bookwalter told ESPN. I had never been to this little corner of the world, to these beaches. I am familiar with the history, but hadnt really seen it and soaked in the atmosphere.The past couple of days after being here -- seeing the atmosphere, seeing the topography - even seeing the grey kind of bleak weather that we are dealing with right now, he added. For us, it is hard to put into words. It is definitely a powerful place and a powerful memory. Its nice to be here so many years down the road, showcasing the Tour, which is freedom.dddddddddddd It is sport and it is opportunity and all those things that were worth fighting for then.For most of Saturday, van Garderen and Bookwalter had to put their emotions in check during the Tours opening stage that was won in a bunch sprint by Great Britains Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data). Cavendish beat German Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) and Slovakian world champion Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), and also claimed the yellow jersey as race leader.The wind-stricken stage was a torrid and fast affair marred by several crashes. One crash with 78km to go included Bookwalter, who finished the stage with cycling kit torn, and one of the Tour contenders, two-time winner Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) of Spain. Contador was also able to finish, while in pain without broken bones.But no sooner had the stage finished, the minds of van Garderen and Bookwalter were refocused on the suffering of World War II and the landing at Utah Beach.They were invited with Cavendish, Briton Stephen Cummings (Dimension Data), Canadian Antoine Duchesne (Direct Energie), Frenchmen Arthur Vichot (FDJ) and Thomas Voeckler (Direct Energie), and Germans Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) and John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) to a commemorative D-Day ceremony after the days podium ceremony.The Tour resumes Sunday for Stage 2 - 183 kilometres from Saint Lo to Cherbourg.Whatever happens from here, the Tour will have shown once more that it is an event that will never forget its history, and recognise those who sacrificed so much in France and those who helped liberate the country. Rest assured that respect is reciprocal.As Jim Ochowicz, an American and president of the BMC team, said: Our fathers generation were the men and women who fought those battles, and gave their lives for our country. We have been in these [war] sites [during the Tour] throughout the years - Omaha Beach, Utah Beach. We are very proud of what they did and certainly are here with that in mind. ' ' '