Arsenal chief Gazidis has dig at Chelsea, Man City mega spending
Arsenal chief Ivan Gazidis says any success they enjoy will be more meaningful than what Roman Abramovich's millions have bought Chelsea.
With Chelsea visiting The Emirates today and a Carling Cup visit to Manchester City on Wednesday, Gazidis has taken the opportunity to remind the two clubs of the chasm in footballing philosophies which separates them.
"Success that is built is more significant, more meaningful and ultimately more important than success that’s bought," Gazidis told the Mail on Sunday. "That’s what we are trying to achieve at Arsenal.
"It is not easy, it’s difficult and it’s very competitive out there — but we’re trying to build something: players who have a connection with the club and the fans, who have been together as a group and grown up as a group.
"And when success comes, when that trophy comes and when that victory comes, it will mean something to our fans and something very special to that group of players."
Results & Fixtures
Matches
| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun May 13th | |||
| Stoke City | Bolton Wanderers | 2 - 2 | 14:00 |
| West Bromwich Albion | Arsenal | 2 - 3 | 14:00 |
| Everton | Newcastle United | 3 - 1 | 14:00 |
| Sunderland | Manchester United | - 1 | 14:00 |
| Wigan Athletic | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 - 2 | 14:00 |
| Manchester City | Queens Park Rangers | 3 - 2 | 14:00 |
| Swansea City | Liverpool | 14:00 | |
| Norwich City | Aston Villa | 14:00 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | Fulham | 14:00 | |
| Chelsea | Blackburn Rovers | 2 - 1 | 14:00 |
Tables
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 89 |
| Manchester United | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 89 |
| Arsenal | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 70 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 69 |
| Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 65 |
| Chelsea | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 64 |
| Everton | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 56 |
| Liverpool | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
| Fulham | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 52 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 47 |
| Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 47 |
| Norwich City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -14 | 47 |
| Sunderland | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 45 |
| Stoke City | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | -17 | 45 |
| Wigan Athletic | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | -20 | 43 |
| Aston Villa | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | -16 | 38 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | -23 | 37 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | -31 | 36 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -30 | 31 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -42 | 25 |
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Comments (4)
These money spending giants hav disturbed da game
January,
CHELSEA: Sergio Aguero, Alan Dzagoev, Milos Krasic, Giampaolo Pazzini, Lucas Piazon, Romelu Lakuku, Marek Hamsik, Alex Teixeira, Marouane Chamakh, David Luiz, Sebastian Corchia, Matej Delac, Lorenzo Paramatti, Gai Assulin, Jonjo Shelvey
MAN CITY: Fernando Torres, Diego Forlan, Luis Suarez, Angel di Maria, Ramires, Dani Alves, Yaya Toure, Cesar Azpilicueta, Nacho Monreal, Maxime Lestienne, Diego Perotti, David Bentley, Yossi Benayoun, Raheem Sterling, Gennaro Gattuso, Eric Abidal, Diego Tardelli, Mario Figueira Fernandes, Neven Subotic
MAN UTD: David Villa, David Silva, Jack Rodwell, Gary Cahill, Klass Jan Huntelaar, Takayuki Morimoto, Carlton Cole, Milan Jovanovic, Adam Matthews, Simon Kjaer, Robert Green, Steven Jovetic, Philipp Lahm
LFC: Emile Heskey, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Eljero Elia, Matt Upson, Patrick Vieira, Antoine Griezmann, Nilton Ferreira Jnr, Zhano Ananidze, Vladimir Koman, Juan Mata, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Connor Wickham, Bojan Krkic, Herita Ilunga
ARS: Freddie Ljungberg, Mario Balotelli, Gregory van der Wiel, Jack Collison, Keko, Nigel Reo-Coker, Loic Remy, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Nikola Zizic, Eden Hazard, Valon Behrami, Angelo Ogbonna, Mesut Ozil, Martin Galvan, Zvjezdan Misimovic, Victor Moses, Maicosuel
one day arsenal will much much ahead of chelsea and manchester city and both those clubs will finally realize that money hardly matters.
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