Wenger relaxed over lack of Arsenal spending power
Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal are serious Barclays Premier League title challengers despite lagging behind their rivals when it comes to transfer spending.
Manchester City have splashed out £80million on four players so far this summer in a bid to break into the top four and secure Champions League football.
The Gunners, in contrast, have spent just £8.5million on defender Laurent Koscielny while Moroccan striker Marouane Chamakh moved to the Emirates on a free transfer.
"I am very confident [we'll do better than last season]," the Frenchman told the club's website.
"We know in England that the Premier League is the biggest league in the world and everybody invests a lot of money.
"We invest in our work, in our beliefs, in the quality of our behaviour and I am confident that will pay off. "We finished third last year and we hope we can improve on that - but the race will be tough."
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| Home | Away | Score | Time |
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| Sun May 13th | |||
| Chelsea | Blackburn Rovers | 2 - 1 | 14:00 |
| 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 | |
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 |
Comments (17)
megat_arsenal93 you re joking right? in a few years? how many years are we going to wait?? 10 years to win some silver? when we have outstanding players they re sold faster than a blink of an eye. we will be arranjing our team every ***** years again and again.
we dont have a solid base team, we dont have players that love and feel THE ARSENAL!!!
invencible team again?? i dont think so! i wish it but what im seeing is wenger self destructing a great club.
im sad about it. i would LOVE to see THE ARSENAL reigning in England same as in CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.
afc on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 15:05-wtf are u talking about man?this is bullshit...plz,EVERY PRETENDERS JUST GO ***** YOURSELVES!!ARSENAL IS GOING TO BE AN UNBEATEABLE TEAM AGAIN IN A FEW SEASONS,JUST WAIT AND SEE!!WE R BUILDING AN ARMY OF TALENTED FOOTBALLERS WHO PLAY EYE CATCHING PASSING FOOTBALL UNDER WENGER AND IF U WANT TROPHIES WITH TEAM THAT PLAYS DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL,GO SOMEPLACE ELSE!!
another year without trophyes, what in the hell is wenger doing???
new year, same old shit!! only one defensive midfilder, just one striker, just one CB, none goalkeeper!!!!
what kind of team is wenger building???? he said 5 years ago when he sold VIEIRA that that year was transicional one, but we ve seen, 5 transitional years, and countig for the 6th.
Wenger will never realise that he will not win anything????.
Im just praying that we will be in the top six this year, praying!!!!!!!!
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