The Frenchman has made just three signings this summer, headlined by the £30m acquisition of Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach, but he has missed out on various targets, including Jamie Vardy and Gonzalo Higuain.
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The manager previously stressed that there are two separate transfer markets developing. I don’t understand it.
However, the French coach again said a significant transfer outlay was not necessarily the answer to Arsenal’s perceived failings.
“If Mertesacker and Gabriel had not been injured in pre-season, we would have been less under pressure to sign a defender but once you are under pressure, everybody knows you are, so it makes you weaker”, he said. We are a club with 600 employees who we need to have a responsible attitude [towards] as well. But nobody speaks about the game anymore, it is all about money.
Arsene Wenger has come under heavy verbal attack from fans and media as who are expecting him to invest into the squad which finished second last campaign.
Arsenal are desperate for reinforcements after having to play Rob Holding and Calum Chambers at centre-back against Liverpool on Sunday, and losing 4-3. You should be happy, he’s English, he’s 20 years old, but I am sorry, he did not cost £55m so he can not be good and that is for me what is most disappointing for me. “You should be happy; he is English, he is 20 years old, but I’m sorry he didn’t cost £55m, so it can not be good”.
Wenger then chose to highlight the performance of centre-back Rob Holding, praising the 20-year-old former Bolton Wanderers defender’s efforts before an apparent slight at the huge fee Manchester City paid Everton for England centre-back John Stones earlier this month.
The outcome might have been different had Mark Clattenburg seen merit in penalty claims from Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater and substitute Ahmed Musa during the closing stages of each half.
“I am a bit fed up to always respond to the same things. We try to make the right decisions, it’s as simple as that”.
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“I am not a manager who says, ‘Oh, there was a penalty”, said the Italian. Every game we play we want to win the game.This season will be very hard because of the top clubs spending a lot of money on transfers, it’s unbelievable.
