Arsenal Boss Told He Can BUY £30M Striker!

Posted on 30. Aug, 2008 by Milox in Premiership

Arsene Wenger has been promised that he could splash out £30 million on a new striker if he needs to by the Arsenal board.

The Gunners boss is famed for keeping faith in young players but has come under increasing pressure to splash the cash this summer in order to mount a serious Premier League and Champions League challenge.

Reports have suggested that the club cannot compete at the top end of the market because the move to the Emirates Stadium is bleeding them dry.

But Gunners director Danny Fiszman rubbihsed those claims.

He insists that Wenger is fully backed in the market, claiming he only does not buy big as a matter of choice.

“If Arsene said he needed £30 million for a striker, he would get it, no problem at all,” said Fiszman.

“It is not our decision who he spends money on and nor will it ever be. We totally back Arsene, but there is a dual problem for him.

“If we were to buy the sort of big names that people talk about, we would be looking at relatively mature players who then need to be integrated into the way we play.

“Secondly, it impacts on the youngsters, and in many cases Arsene thinks it is quicker for us to bring a player through our system. But that does not mean all we are interested in is the artistic achievement award.

“We are not settling for second-best. We want to win trophies and I think it is time we did, but Arsene also believes in creating teams with a certain style.

“There were great hopes that we would buy heavily this summer. But I would refute that we have not bought well.

“Nasri has two goals in two games at the Emirates Stadium, and if Arsène could find the right player, he would buy again, but he hasn’t.”

On claims the club is counting the cost of the move to the Emirates, Fiszman - the club’s second largest shareholder - added: “I hear all the time that we have no money, but I just wish someone would take the time to look at our accounts.

“This is a proper business which produces its own cash and lives or dies by its performances.

“Our net payments are £20 million and the revenue increase from the new stadium is close to £50 million. Explain to me how that stadium is a drain on the club, when it produces an extra £30 million a year.

“This constant suggestion that the stadium is bleeding us dry is c***.

“The reality is our wage bill is very similar to Manchester United, substantially above Liverpool and substantially below Chelsea - but that is to be expected.

“We pay good salaries, but we pay them more evenly, so we do not have extremes of very high and very low wage-earners. There is an ethos of a team effort.”

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