Riyad Mahrez and Leicester City have agreed to a new contract that will tie the playmaker to the defending Premier League champions through 2020.
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When asked specifically about Mustafi, Wenger said: “I believe it’s better I don’t speak about any individual player but we are working very hard”.
Welbeck has been sidelined since undergoing surgery in May after injuring his right knee against Manchester City in the Premier League last season.
“If I buy you tomorrow for £45 million, I have spent £45 million and I would have done well because I will have listened to you but spending the money itself isn’t a quality”.
They were flying. Arsenal aren’t in that same place now. “It’s normal other managers are looking at Leicester players, there’s no message – we are building and want to stay together”.
“The fact is I gave Koscielny a holiday at the start and Gabriel, Mertesacker, we lost the two of them”.
“I thought that the whole back four played well and he guided the defence very well”, he added.
Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira has told talkSPORT that he admires Arsene Wenger’s refusal to spend big money at the club.
“I think Drinky is very, very close”, he said, ahead of Saturday’s visit of Arsenal.
“That was the good news of last week, the only good news”.
“What I fight against is that the only way in football to deal with [problems] is to buy”.
The Frenchman admits Sanchez is always raring to play but he may have to take a firmer line with him this season and rest him when necessary. That means there are very high wages linked with it and if they are wrong, they will have these players with high wages who can not move anywhere else. That means there are very high wages linked with it and if they are wrong, they will have these players with high wages who can not move anywhere else. Even when the players go out, they have to pay their wages.
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“So on the longer period, that means the financial advantage that the English clubs have will drop”.
