Wenger remains hopeful of signing Shkodran Mustafi before Deadline Day, but Vieira, victor of three Premier League titles and four FA Cups with the Gunners, said: “My generation had lots of physically strong players”.
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Arsenal defenders Laurent Koscielny and Rob Holding rejected suggestions Leicester City deserved a pair of penalties during the goalless Premier League draw at the King Power Stadium.
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. For me, it was like the French national team in 1998, when we had physical players with flair, with pace, it was a similar team.
Wenger has bought midfield man Granit Xhaka from Borussia Moenchengladbach for £35m this summer as well as £2m on 20-year-old Rob Holding, who was excellent against Leicester.
Vieira’s team-mates Tony Adams and Sol Campbell, who won Premier League titles with Wenger at Arsenal, were also not given roles at the club following retirement.
“Spending the money and getting a top player; that is different and we are ready to do that”.
“We could have got more out of that but maybe we could’ve lost it in the last five minutes”, Wenger told reporters.
When I watch the Arsenal I will enjoy watching them play, they play some of the best football in the league, but they miss physical players. Nigeria No. 1 Online Portal. I just said I’d spend £300m if I find the player and I had £300m.
Vieira has previously expressed disappointment that Wenger did not offer him the chance to coach at the club when he retired and said it was “a little bit disappointing” that more former Arsenal players have not been offered jobs on the staff.
“The team is not doing as well as it used to and you need to win football matches”.
Speaking after the game Wenger said: “I will spend £300 million if the right player becomes available”. I’m sure every other team is the same. “It is unsafe. English clubs suffocate themselves by buying players at a high price with high wages, if it goes wrong you are left with high wages”.
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“I believe that you have to respect the players who have played, the performance that has been done today by those teams”.
