#2 Arsene Wenger – 'I am sorry he didn't cost £55 million'
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Over the years Arsene Wenger has come under a lot of flak from the Arsenal faithful for his unwillingness to pay top dollar for premium players in the market. The presser came post the match against Leicester City which ended in a goalless draw. Arsene Wenger had deployed new signing from Bolton Wanderers, Rob Holding and the player put in a solid performance.
The match rightly showed that spending is not always quite the answer, and Arsene Wenger’s press conference was a smack in the face of critics who had called out Arsenal’s inability to perform due to high profile signings. The quote is a deep reminder of how current football pundits are quick to write off players based on their signing fee alone and the focus is only on big money players.
As Wenger rightly put it in the press conference, "Why do you say I'm reluctant? If I buy you tomorrow for £45m, I have spent £45m, and I would have done well because I will have listened to you, but spending the money in itself is not a quality”.
