Arsenal transfer news: Arsene Wenger insists ‘money is never a problem’ as he searches for the right striker

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Standard Sport6 August 2016

Arsene Wenger is adamant that the reason Arsenal are yet to bolster their attacking line is down to the players available, not the unwillingness to spend in the transfer market.

Arsenal saw a £29.4million bid rejected last week for Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette and saw Jamie Vardy opt to sign a new deal with Leicester City rather than move to the Emirates Stadium.

Longterm targets Gonzalo Higuain and Alvaro Morata have also slipped out of reach for the Gunners, with the Argentine striker moving to Juventus while Real Madrid appear keen to keep Morata at the club after resigning the forward from Juve last month.

Speaking after their 8-0 victory over Viking last night, Wenger insisted that signings much fulfil ‘four ingredients’ and, should they tick all of the boxes the cost is ‘not all that important’.

“The money is never a problem if you have to pay what is requested,” said Wenger. “The price of a player is down to four ingredients. One is the talent, two his age, three is how much you expect him to improve your team, and four his resale value. If he ticks all four boxes then the price is not that important. You have to find the player.”

“It’s not the prices, it’s the players,” added Wenger. “At the moment I’m focused on the players we have.

“Today we didn’t have [Aaron] Ramsey, [Granit] Xhaka, Alexis [Sanchez] - he will play on Sunday. We still have [Mesut] Ozil at home, and [Olivier] Giroud and [Laurent] Koscielny too. We also have young players who came on and did well. We do not have to panic but we are on alert in the transfer market so that we can make the right move when the opportunity comes up.”

Arsenal take on Manchester City in Gothenburg tomorrow in their final pre-season fixture, and you can follow all of the action live with Standard Sport.

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