Arsene Wenger’s a joker isn’t he?
I mean, he’s come out and said you’d have to be in ‘dreamland’ if you think Arsenal will be lashing out big money in the transfer window – no big surprise there seeing as we hear it from him before every transfer window.
The joke is though, he insists there’s a few clubs who can still afford to ‘buy success’ in the Premier League and whilst most of us would see Citeh as the powerhouse in spending now, he continues to point to Chelsea when he talks about big spenders. That’s a laugh in itself these days.
The Arsenal boss says “Chelsea have not built a stadium and they lose £100m per year – how do you imagine you can deal with that at Arsenal Football Club without going bankrupt? We have to be responsible. I do not understand how you can compare with that. The other clubs, except for Manchester United, lose money. We have a specific budget which is not as big as I have read in the newspapers, some ridiculous amounts of money that are completely crazy. But we will try to use it wisely and well if we can.”
Fair play to him if he’s happy with what he’s got. I mean, they seem to be way off the pace for the title this season and they’ll be doing without their new captain for a while, but Wenger insists “This team is together, getting stronger and stronger – but what we need to focus on is continually developing and not live in dreamland where we are linked with players of £30m or £40m because that is not realistic. We have a very, very good squad and we will go for an exceptional talent only – but if it is just to have one player more, we will not do it.”
Personally I’d have thought he’d be wanting to qualify for the Champions League again, but like I say, fair play.
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