Arsene Wenger considers fans' money as his own during transfer windows

Gonzalo Higuain

So what were those officials doing in Brazil spending the club’s money? Clearly the Professor thinks too much rather than acting proactively in the transfer market.

Believe it or not many UK tabloids have reported that with Julio Cesar gone, the attention has turned to Wigan’s Ali Al-Habsi who one feels is an addition to the club’s goalkeeping liability rather than adding quality which the manager never fails to promise.

Wenger said in his latest presser: “We have better financial resources than the years before and it is resources we have created ourselves. That is massively important to us. For years we were out of the race for the top-level transfers but we are coming back now because we are in a better financial situation and also because of Financial Fair Play.”

“The fans, the players, everybody is reassured by big names always. But what is important is that we don’t need numbers, we need quality.”

His last words do not invoke much excitement amongst the Arsenal fans.

While it is true that some of the money being involved in transfers across Europe is exorbitant to say the least but big clubs are going for them for the sake of silverwares and in getting a player of Gonzalo Higuain’s qualities there is no reason to pay less.

Arsenal need silverwares, and this season with so much money at disposal and Arsene Wenger having the board’s green light to spend as he likes, he should not act as if saving a couple of millions would be great for the club. Instead spending £10 million more on Luis Suarez as an alternative to the talented Argentine, which could be a dreaded gamble particularly for a striker not best known for his discipline plus would be missing the first six Premier League matches of the new campaign for a reason that many would say is history.

Give Madrid as much as they want for Higuain and while it may sound ridiculous but did Bayern Munich consider negotiating with Borussia Dortmund when they activated Mario Gotze’s buy-out clause? Did Madrid themselves consider talking to Real Sociedad when they activated the astronomical buy-out clause of Asier Illaramendi after the latter bluntly refused Los Blancos that their prized asset is not for sale?

Bayern and Real are European superpowers not because of their success on the pitch but also because they want their future players at any cost. These talents are being scouted for long periods and Arsenal are better than anyone in this but the scouts’ reports get zero notice just because one man is adamant enough to save the club’s money for the future and the fans pay the ultimate price for not being able to watch the best of players ply their trade at the Emirates.

Why Arsenal are delaying so much in activating the £24 million release clause of Marouane Fellaini with just over a month left before it expires is beyond any reason. And, if Mr.Wenger feels the Belgian is not worth it he must not assure the fans of high profile signings in the future. Because the Emirates faithful do not only want to miss out on a quality buy but also see that player move to Manchester United or elsewhere and win leagues and cups.

Even Tottenham showed brilliant negotiating ability in landing Brazilian Confederations Cup star Paulinho even though there is no Champions League football on offer at White Hart Lane next season, and with Gareth Bale set to stay in England, Arsenal could be easily toppled from their favourite top four place come May 2014.