Now Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has gone on to echo the popular sentiment that Arsenal are serious contenders for the Premier League title and has stated that the lavish spending in transfer market over the last few years has been one of the main reasons why the Gunners have become so competitive.
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He is now likely to start at Wembley on Sunday when his new club Arsenal meet Mourinho’s Premier League champions in the Community Shield.
2013/14: Mesut Ozil £42.5million, Matt Macey £100,000*.
“If you put [Mesut] Özil plus Alexis Sánchez, plus [Calum] Chambers, plus [Mathieu] Debuchy and put Diego Costa plus, Fàbregas plus [Asmir] Begovic; [Morgan] Schneiderlin plus; [Christian] Benteke plus Balotelli plus this one“.
Speaking about Arsenal’s chances, Mourinho said, “I think they bought a fantastic goalkeeper and that is a position which is very important in a team”.
Wenger must hatch a plan to stop Eden Hazard this weekend, fresh from Mourinho branding the Belgian playmaker as better than Cristiano Ronaldo on last season’s evidence. “When we don’t have the money, we don’t spend the money we haven’t got”.
“If you want to create success the best way is to focus on what happens inside, believe in the football we want to play and play it as well as we can, and let other people talk”. “We try to make the right decisions, we don’t spend the money we haven’t got”. One is that I don’t spend too much and another is I spend too much. “When a manager is on holidays and even in holidays still thinks about me and speaks about me, I have nothing to say”, according to The Guardian.
He told Standard Sport: “I hope they will give respect to him because he deserves it”.
The Portuguese is known for attempting mind games with his opponents [Daily Mail], and it looks like he is starting them again for the coming season. “I must say players like Messi and Ronaldo still score 50 goals and that is exceptional”.
Otherwise, Arsenal should have a fully-fit squad to choose form this weekend and Wenger feels his squad is close to hitting top physical condition despite their “compact” pre-season.
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“I have seen him many times over the years make big saves to help us”.
