"It was too difficult to say no" says Arsene Wenger on Mesut Ozil transfer

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger during his team’s 2-0 win against Napoli in the Champions League. Also seen in the picture is Napoli manager Rafael Benitez

Arsene Wenger broke his club’s transfer record as he signed Mesut Ozil for a fee of £42.4 million for a five year deal. The Gunners manager revealed that he was not in need of a midfielder as he had plenty of options to choose from, but the prospect of having a world-class player was too hard to let go of.

He said, “You have to look at the quality first and when you have high expectation levels you can’t turn down a world-class player.There was no special emptiness in that position but the quality was so big it was too difficult to say no.”

“I believe what is important is what you see when a team plays, the rest you have to cope with.

“Look at Bayern [Munich] the other night, they have Martinez and Goetze on the bench.

“People said the team cost £92 million and Man City cost £190 million, but Bayern had over £100 million on the bench.

“That’s part of big clubs today, having big players on the bench,” told the Frenchman to Arsenal‘s official website.

The German has delivered 5 assists and scored a goal for Arsenal over five appearances.