Wenger Gives Update On Sanchez & Welbeck Ahead Of Chelsea — Arsenal Team News

Arsenal’s net spend over the same period is £114.7m -including marquee signings Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil – which is just £8.25m less than their London rivals. It leaves no space for speculation. “If you want to be honest, objective and pragmatic it is the easiest job for a manager to do”.

Reports that Mourinho was likely to extend his deal first emerged at the end of last season but it now appears he will officially commit to Stamford Bridge until 2019 before the Blues Premier League opener against Swansea on August 8.

“Mourinho has shown little respect for Wenger over the years, and…it is clear that he regards the Arsenal manager as a hypocrite”, says Hughes. Wenger responded by accusing Mourinho of disrespecting his fellow managers.

“They didn’t try to get him back on loan and I will not consider it. Not at the moment”, Wenger said. Is he obsessed with me?

Steven Gerrard bid an emotional farewell to Liverpool last season after losing his place as a first-team regular and Terry has conceded that if he was no longer wanted by Chelsea, he would move on. “He had a fantastic season for him and for his team”.

“I am not taking anything for granted”.

“What you want is to not listen too much to what people say”.

“I think they are the best team in the world, especially when the front three are on form”, Fabregas told the Evening Standard.

“It is up to us to be strong and to fight them and, obviously, to try and win it again, even without the big investments”.

City boss Manuel Pellegrini had said in an interview recently that Mourinho takes all the credit whenever his team wins. I just feel it’s a new -opportunity for him. I finished the season, I went on holiday, nothing.

“Last year we didn’t do well and we were out immediately so he also needs a good Champions League”.

“I believe that one day if you make real statistics of the players we have developed here and compare them to the other clubs, you will be surprised”, said Wenger.

Despite the burden of replacing Drogba, who himself scored four goals last term as Chelsea’s third-choice striker, the pressure is off Falcao as he arrives behind Diego Costa and Loic Remy in the pecking order.