Wenger - No need to spend

25 September 2009 16:11
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger did not reinvest his summer transfer profits because he believes he has the squad to compete with the best in the Premier League. The Gunners boss sold Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure to Manchester City in the summer for an estimated total fee of £41million. Thomas Vermaelen was the only arrival as Ajax received £10m, leaving an estimated profit of £31m in transfer income. Wenger has been told by the Arsenal hierarchy that he has a set amount of money available, but the Frenchman does not feel it is neccesary to spend. He told Arsenal's official website: "We sold Kolo and Adebayor but bought Vermaelen. "That money is for me. I know how much I have and I am happy with it. "But last week we played Wigan. We won 4-0 and on the bench I had (Nicklas) Bendtner. (Theo) Walcott, (Andrey) Arshavin, (Samir) Nasri, Denilson and (Johan) Djourou were not playing. "Do we have the squad to compete with the other (Big) four? I say yes. We have an unbelievable squad. Where do you put all the talented players? "I believe we can show that we are not in a position where we need to buy. For me, we are in a position where we want to transform our potential into being real Premier League contenders."

Source: SKY_Sports