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Toure: Arsenal paid the price for new stadium

Arsenal has failed to win a Premier League title since moving to the Emirates Stadium in 2006.

Kolo Toure believes the cost of building a new stadium is the reason Arsenal has failed to win a Premier League title in over a decade.

The London-based club played at Highbury before electing to build a new 60,000-capacity venue, which it moved to in 2006.

Arsenal's last league title came in 2003-04, when the club went unbeaten for the whole season — and it has only won four trophies since.

Toure heaped praise on manager Arsene Wenger for his efforts since then, with the club having to drastically reduce costs.