Arsene Wenger celebrates his 1,000th match as Arsenal manager against Chelsea on Saturday, a herculean feat by any regard.

While signing players like Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Cesc Fabregas proved to be masterstrokes by Wenger, it has not all been a red of roses for the manager in the transfer market, with more than a few questionable buys since he took over at the club in September 1996.

Oleg Luzhny, Igors Stepanovs and Andre Santos make our cut of Wenger's terrible buys, but who else makes the starting XI of Wenger's worst signings for the north London club?

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Shape Created with Sketch. Arsene Wenger's worst signings XI Show all 11 left Created with Sketch. right Created with Sketch. Shape Created with Sketch. Arsene Wenger's worst signings XI 1/11 Richard Wright After impressing at Ipswich, Wright was signed in 2001 as the heir to David Seaman's No 1 shirt, but his time at Highbury was remembered for error after error, and he was eventually usurped by young Stuart Taylor 2/11 Oleg Luzhny Known as "The Horse" for his galloping runs, but played like he was wearing blinkers. Joined from Dynamo Kyiv in 1999 3/11 Igors Stepanovs Tried to marshal the Gunners against Manchester United at Old Trafford in disastrous consequences, the team conceding five before half-time and memorably losing 6-1. Latvian signed from Skonto Riga in 2000 4/11 Sebastien Squillaci French international joined for £4m from Sevilla in 2010. Made 39 largely woeful appearances for the club, and left on a free last year 5/11 Andre Santos The least said about Santos the better. Wenger said the "quality" left-back had "Champions League experience" when he was signed from Fenerbahce for £6.2m in 2011 but he had yet to play even in the full competition. Was he even talking about the same player? 6/11 Junichi Inamoto The Japanese midfielder joined from Gamba Osaka in 2001, in a move that was portrayed as a cynical marketing ploy for the Gunners to tap into the Far East market. The doubters had a point, he failed to make a Premier League appearance for the club before leaving to join Fulham a year later 7/11 Amaury Bischoff Wenger admitted he had taken "a gamble" on signing the injury-hit Portuguese midfielder in 2008. The gamble didn't pay off - he only played one Premier League match for the Gunners before leaving the following season 8/11 Gervinho He may now be setting the world alight for Roma in Italy, but the Gervinho at Arsenal was a different beast - one that could not cross or shoot, and confused himself when he was running with the ball 9/11 Park Ju-Young Park who? I hear you cry. Despite scoring on his debut, the South Korean striker only ever made seven appearances in three years at the club. He is now paying his trade on loan at Watford 10/11 Marouane Chamakh The Moroccan target man joined from Bordeaux with fine Champions League pedigree. Unfortunately he did not ever get close to replicating this for the Gunners 11/11 Francis Jeffers The "Fox in the Box" was not a wily signing for £8m. He scored eight goals during his time at Arsenal, meaning every goal he scored set the club back a cool £1m 1/11 Richard Wright After impressing at Ipswich, Wright was signed in 2001 as the heir to David Seaman's No 1 shirt, but his time at Highbury was remembered for error after error, and he was eventually usurped by young Stuart Taylor 2/11 Oleg Luzhny Known as "The Horse" for his galloping runs, but played like he was wearing blinkers. Joined from Dynamo Kyiv in 1999 3/11 Igors Stepanovs Tried to marshal the Gunners against Manchester United at Old Trafford in disastrous consequences, the team conceding five before half-time and memorably losing 6-1. Latvian signed from Skonto Riga in 2000 4/11 Sebastien Squillaci French international joined for £4m from Sevilla in 2010. Made 39 largely woeful appearances for the club, and left on a free last year 5/11 Andre Santos The least said about Santos the better. Wenger said the "quality" left-back had "Champions League experience" when he was signed from Fenerbahce for £6.2m in 2011 but he had yet to play even in the full competition. Was he even talking about the same player? 6/11 Junichi Inamoto The Japanese midfielder joined from Gamba Osaka in 2001, in a move that was portrayed as a cynical marketing ploy for the Gunners to tap into the Far East market. The doubters had a point, he failed to make a Premier League appearance for the club before leaving to join Fulham a year later 7/11 Amaury Bischoff Wenger admitted he had taken "a gamble" on signing the injury-hit Portuguese midfielder in 2008. The gamble didn't pay off - he only played one Premier League match for the Gunners before leaving the following season 8/11 Gervinho He may now be setting the world alight for Roma in Italy, but the Gervinho at Arsenal was a different beast - one that could not cross or shoot, and confused himself when he was running with the ball 9/11 Park Ju-Young Park who? I hear you cry. Despite scoring on his debut, the South Korean striker only ever made seven appearances in three years at the club. He is now paying his trade on loan at Watford 10/11 Marouane Chamakh The Moroccan target man joined from Bordeaux with fine Champions League pedigree. Unfortunately he did not ever get close to replicating this for the Gunners 11/11 Francis Jeffers The "Fox in the Box" was not a wily signing for £8m. He scored eight goals during his time at Arsenal, meaning every goal he scored set the club back a cool £1m

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