{"id":388985,"date":"2011-04-22T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T12:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/22\/%e2%80%98if-needed-we-can-make-a-big-transfer%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-arsene-wenger-reaffirms-faith-in-arsenal-squad\/"},"modified":"2011-04-22T12:49:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T12:49:00","slug":"if-needed-we-can-make-a-big-transfer-arsene-wenger-reaffirms-faith-in-arsenal-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/22\/if-needed-we-can-make-a-big-transfer-arsene-wenger-reaffirms-faith-in-arsenal-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018If needed we can make a big transfer\u2019 \u2013 Arsene Wenger reaffirms faith in Arsenal squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Andrew Kennedy<\/h3>\n<h4>22 Apr 2011 13:49:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.2009656005\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arsene Wenger, Arsenal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2fae125150_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Arsene Wenger, Arsenal<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"31.5335276968\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/2843\/ars%C3%A8ne-wenger\">Arsene Wenger<\/a> has reaffirmed his faith in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a>&#8216;s playing squad, and insisted that, should one be required, the club can &#8216;make a big transfer&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman&#8217;s comments come after the heated debate with Spanish publication <em>Don Balon<\/em>, in which captain Cesc Fabregas questioned his side&#8217;s goals &#8211; and whether they wanted to focus on developing youth or winning trophies.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners boss remains adamant that the Spaniard&#8217;s responses were taken out of context, and insists that he would add to his Arsenal squad if he deemed it necessary, following Stan Kroenke&#8217;s increased investment in the club &#8211; sparking reports that he would have a \u00a340 million war chest at his disposal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is it \u00a340million available? Frankly I don&#8217;t know. We have not completely checked out our financial position,&#8221; Wenger told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only thing I can say is that the club is in a healthy financial situation and if needed we can make a big transfer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When quizzed on <em>Don Balon<\/em>&#8216;s Fabregas interview, after the the publication hit back at Wenger&#8217;s criticisms, the Arsenal boss stood by his belief that they had broken a bond of trust with the Emirates club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stand by my claim 100%,&#8221; Wenger replied. &#8220;We had an agreement they had to send us copy for approval and it was not done.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I maintain completely that they did not respect our agreement. The article in itself I do not<br \/>want to discuss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2fae125150_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/22\/2453078\/if-needed-we-can-make-a-big-transfer-arsene-wenger-reaffirms\" title=\"\u2018If needed we can make a big transfer\u2019 \u2013 Arsene Wenger reaffirms faith in Arsenal squad\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018If needed we can make a big transfer\u2019 \u2013 Arsene Wenger reaffirms faith in Arsenal squad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Andrew Kennedy 22 Apr 2011 13:49:00 Arsene Wenger, Arsenal Related Links Teams Players Arsene Wenger has reaffirmed his faith in Arsenal &#8216;s playing squad, and insisted that, should one be required, the club can &#8216;make a big transfer&#8217;. The Frenchman&#8217;s comments come after the heated debate with Spanish publication Don Balon , in which captain Cesc Fabregas questioned his side&#8217;s goals &#8211; and whether they wanted to focus on developing youth or winning trophies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-388985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018If needed we can make a big transfer\u2019 \u2013 Arsene Wenger reaffirms faith in Arsenal squad - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/22\/if-needed-we-can-make-a-big-transfer-arsene-wenger-reaffirms-faith-in-arsenal-squad\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"\u2018If needed we can make a big transfer\u2019 \u2013 Arsene Wenger reaffirms faith in Arsenal squad - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Andrew Kennedy 22 Apr 2011 13:49:00 Arsene Wenger, Arsenal Related Links Teams Players Arsene Wenger has reaffirmed his faith in Arsenal &#039;s playing squad, and insisted that, should one be required, the club can &#039;make a big transfer&#039;. 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