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Arsenal boss Wenger: Champions League qualifier more important than transfers

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has hinted he won't focus on the transfer market with a Champions League qualifier needing to be won.

Wenger says reaching the Champions League group phase will take priority.

He said: "We just want to be ready. What is important for us is we have only 90 minutes now before we start the (Premier League) championship, it is important we recover a bit from the good days and we prepare properly for our next game which is against Manchester City in Helsinki, and then that we start strongly in the championship because that will have an influence on our performance in the Champions League.

"It is difficult, a stressful situation, but we did fight very hard to be in that situation and now it's time to take advantage of the fact we finished fourth and we have an opportunity to qualify. Of course it's always very tricky to qualify, but we have the experience of having done it before."

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