Wenger has made only one major close-season signing, recruiting Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka from Borussia Moenchengladbach for a reported fee of 35 million pounds ($45.8 million, 40.4 million euros).
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Arsenal are hoping to do a £25m deal for Valencia central defender Shkodran Mustafi before the transfer deadline.
“I still believe they’re going to be in these five teams who can win the title”. In fairness, he had a big back problem on Friday and came out of the training.
He added: “I do not understand why people say I am reluctant”.
Vieira has impressed New York City’s sporting director Claudio Reyna, who played for Rangers, Sunderland and Manchester City.
The Frenchman came under fire from the club’s supporters again following the stalemate with champions Leicester City, a match which badly exposed their lack of fire-power.
Both sides are still searching for a first victory of the season but it could have been different for the hosts had Clattenburg handed them a spot-kick in either half for challenges on Danny Drinkwater and Ahmed Musa.
Arsenal did the double over Ranieri’s winners last season. Last week against Hull was disappointing. “I think he was very courageous today”. “I watched the same spirit, the same squad, the same shape, the same strength”. Wenger said last week that the Chilean “did not have the most convincing game” as a striker against Liverpool and, on the back of another wholly ineffective display up front, it seems likely we have seen the last of this experiment.
Walcott got off to a good start against Liverpool, looking like a potent threat on the right-wing.
On Thursday, Leicester will discover their opponents for their maiden season in the Champions League when the group stage cast list is drawn in Monaco.
“Yes, but for us it’s an experience”. We knew last weekend wasn’t good enough.
Ranieri has been linked with a move for Dynamo Kyiv’s Austria defender Aleksandar Dragovic and left England on a clandestine trip overseas on Saturday night. There was an instant reaction on Twitter with comments such as “You have to be joking he [Arsene] is on £8m a year, or “so we can’t buy a £50M striker cos [sic] Sandra in the canteen is on £10 per hour?”.
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Sanchez has a high-energy style of play that is reminiscent to that of Suarez at Barcelona or Aguero at Manchester City, and Wenger believes he also has the skills to become a deadly goal-scorer.
