 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Basa raMerson rakaiswa panjodzi muna November 1994 apo akabvuma kuva akapindwa muropa nedoro, cocaine uye kubhejera. Football Association yakaronga kuti Merson aite chirongwa chekugadzirisa kwemwedzi mitatu uye akadzokera kune rumwe rutivi munaFebruary 1995, nguva pfupi asati adzingwa naGeorge Graham semutungamiri. Pasi pemutungamiri wenguva pfupi Stewart Houston, Merson akabatsira Arsenal kusvika kumagumo eCup Winners Cupkwemwaka wechipiri mumutsetse, apo Arsenal yakarasikirwa neReal Zaragoza paParc des Princes muParis. 