{"id":463606,"date":"2011-07-18T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/18\/we-have-%e2%80%98substantial%e2%80%99-resources-to-spend-arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-insists-club-can-compete-in-transfer-market\/"},"modified":"2011-07-18T23:06:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T23:06:00","slug":"we-have-substantial-resources-to-spend-arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-insists-club-can-compete-in-transfer-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/we-have-substantial-resources-to-spend-arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-insists-club-can-compete-in-transfer-market\/","title":{"rendered":"We have \u2018substantial\u2019 resources to spend &#8211; Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis insists club can compete in transfer market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Fisher<\/h3>\n<h4>19 Jul 2011 00:06:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"70.068914956\">\n<div readability=\"10.2716049383\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gervinho - Lille OSC (Panoramic)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/116600\/116664_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gervinho &#8211; Lille OSC (Panoramic)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"40.8283492823\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> chief executive Ivan Gazidis has promised the clubs fans they have &#8216;substantial funds&#8217; to ensure more new arrivals at the club this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners fans have seen Gervinho and Carl Jenkinson arrive at the Emirates Stadium this summer and Gazidis admitted further targets had been highlighted by Arsene Wenger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We still will be active in this window,\u201d Gazidis told the club\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven&#8217;t finished our business at all. We&#8217;re just not conducting it publicly; we&#8217;re working hard privately.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cI&#8217;m was out in Asia because I could be with Arsene for an extended period of time and think very, very carefully about strategy and targets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There has been lots of talk about departures from the club this summer, with Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas continually rumoured to be leaving, but Gazidis revealed that they were determined to improve the weaker areas of their squad.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cWe understand where the weaknesses have been,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinancially we&#8217;re in a strong position, we have resources to spend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re certainly not sitting there saying \u2018let&#8217;s hold back on our resources\u2019 for some reason, why would we?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans have seen rivals Manchester United and Liverpool strengthen their squad with big money signings already this summer but Gazidis reassured fans everyone at the club were focused on developing the squad further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe resources are there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got a substantial amount of money that we can invest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe important thing for us, which can be frustrating, is not doing it only in response to a public clamour but in a way that can positively impact our performance next year. That&#8217;s the focus now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/19\/2580891\/we-have-substantial-resources-to-spend-arsenal-chief\" title=\"We have \u2018substantial\u2019 resources to spend - Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis insists club can compete in transfer market\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We have \u2018substantial\u2019 resources to spend &#8211; Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis insists club can compete in transfer market<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Alex Fisher 19 Jul 2011 00:06:00 Gervinho &#8211; Lille OSC (Panoramic) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has promised the clubs fans they have &#8216;substantial funds&#8217; to ensure more new arrivals at the club this summer. <\/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-463606","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>We have \u2018substantial\u2019 resources to spend - Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis insists club can compete in transfer market - 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\/07\/18\/we-have-substantial-resources-to-spend-arsenal-chief-executive-ivan-gazidis-insists-club-can-compete-in-transfer-market\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"We have \u2018substantial\u2019 resources to spend - Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis insists club can compete in transfer market - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Alex Fisher 19 Jul 2011 00:06:00 Gervinho - Lille OSC (Panoramic) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has promised the clubs fans they have &#039;substantial funds&#039; 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