Wenger rules out spending spree on new imports
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Arsene Wenger yesterday insisted there was no chance he would jeopardise Arsenal’s financial stability with lavish spending on new players during the rest of the January transfer window.
On Monday, Alexis Sanchez left the Emirates for Old Trafford in a swap deal with Manchester United’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan coming the other way.
Wenger has long been a believer in clubs not spending “beyond their natural resources” and last week angered Gunners fans by saying there was no way the London side could match the reported £500,000 (US$697,000) weekly wages on offer to Sanchez at United.
Wenger, tight-lipped about Arsenal’s prospects of signing Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during the January transfer window, also said Arsenal still faced financial constraints as a result of moving to the Emirates Stadium back in 2006.
“You have not to forget that we have as well financial restrictions from the banks because we have built the stadium,” said Wenger when told Arsenal had spent less on players than other clubs.
“It is important, we have to respect the financial plan. We work very hard to become richer and we achieve it,” the Frenchman, in charge at Arsenal since 1996, added. Arsenal was last crowned champion of England in 2004.
Sanchez left Arsenal just months before his contract was due to run out and former Gunners defender Martin Keown accused the Chile international of being the “biggest mercenary in football.”
But plenty of other observers had no qualms over a move which appears to offer Sanchez a better chance of winning major honors, with Manchester United great Ryan Giggs saying the forward was a “ready-made superstar.”
Wenger said: “I think he goes to a great club and gets a great contract so you can understand it when a professional player can combine both aspects.”
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