Despite having the highest top price season tickets in the country Wenger defended Arsenal’s pricing structure and after last week stressing the importance of the additional income in competing for players, this time he focused on the need to build and maintain state-of-the-art stadia.
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Wenger said everyone should be inside the stadium for kickoff.
That caused havoc for many fans who had already booked their train and hotel tickets, and comes with supporters’ groups across the country already angry about escalating ticket prices. First of all your attendance. I don’t think we are on the same level as some. “For example, Bayern Munich paid ¬1 for their ground, we paid £128 million for our ground”. We pay for everything ourselves so we have to generate more revenue. Arsenal have one of the most expensive season tickets in the league and often come under scrutiny when compared with cheaper high-profile clubs based in France and Germany.
Even though Arsene Wenger’s side have the home advantage, Smith has questioned whether they have the mental edge to make it count as the North Londoners have twice lost to Chelsea this season – in a campaign where their London rivals have never looked more beatable in the Roman Abramovich era.
Leicester City will travel to the Emirates to take on Arsenal in a match that has is one of the most crucial, if not the most, in this season’s title challenge.
Arsenal picked up three points with a 2 – 0 win over Bournemouth at the weekend.
City can’t afford another slip after the Leicester loss because they are down to fourth place in the battle to qualify for the Champions League, with fifth-placed Manchester United six points behind before heading to second-bottom Sunderland.
“We have to think about only the Premier League and how we can fight in it”, he added.
Alexis Sanchez was all smiles as he relaxed at his home swimming pool as he and his Arsenal team-mates prepare for their crunch Premier League clash with Leicester City on Sunday.
Wenger has admitted he is putting together a master plan to nullify the threat of Vardy and Riyad Mahrez, the only player in the Premier League to have reached double figures for goals and assists this season.
“We didn’t win for a while so of course the pressure on the team was a little bit stronger”. Their story is obviously very romantic and I understand the whole country being behind them. He has been a mainstay in the Arsenal team since joining them five years ago and looks solid at the back, this season as well. He wasn’t tipped for the top by any means, and you wouldn’t have found him on any “ones-to-watch” lists, but he was obviously doing a good job.
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And Wenger also suggested striker Danny Welbeck, who has not featured for Arsenal since April 2015, is close to making his comeback from a knee injury.
