Arsenal Are No Longer Selling Club- Wenger We are less vulnerable now, that is for sure, Wenger said. In the last two years we bought Ozil and Sanchez - five years ago we would have lost Ozil and Sanchez. We have more money available to buy today than we had five years ago. We can compete better. For years we have lost top players without the ability to replace them because of financial management. As well as Sanchez, Arsenal have spent £16m on 19-year-old defender Calum Chambers, who became the latest in a long line of players to leave Southampton this summer. And Wenger compared Arsenals past difficulties to the current situation at St Marys, where Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott and Gareth Bale have also departed in recent years. It is tiring to lose players - whether it be to Man City or somewhere else - it is the same, Wenger added. Southampton would say the same today. If you look at the team Southampton had last year and then add Oxlade Chamberlain, Walcott and Gareth Bale you see the quality of the work they have done. They are in a similar position today to where we were before in relation to the other clubs who have superior financial power. I dont think its bullying - a transfer is an agreement between three parties and they are in a position where they can say no. -AT
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 08:00:47 +0000
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