Wenger dismisses Mourinho’s transfer claims

Arsene Wenger has brushed off Jose Mourinho’s jibes about Arsenal’s spending in recent seasons. Ahead of Sunday’s Community Shield clash with Arsenal, Mourinho suggested the Gunners are more than ready to challenge for the title after spending almost £150million since the summer of 2013.

“If you add up the amounts clubs have spent in the last three or four years I think maybe you will find a surprise,” Mourinho, who allowed goalkeeper Petr Cech to join Arsenal in an £11million deal last month, said in the Guardian. “If you put (Mesut) Ozil plus Alexis Sanchez, plus (Calum) Chambers, plus (Mathieu) Debuchy, you will find a surprise.

It’s a fantastic squad with good players, fantastic goalkeeper, they are more than ready to be title contenders. While Arsenal have invested heavily in their squad, Chelsea have splashed out over £200million since 2013 and Wenger insists the Gunners will only dip into the transfer market when they have money to spend. “We spend when we think we have to spend and do not listen too much to what people think or say,” said Wenger. “We just try to make the right decisions. When we have the money available, we spend it. When we don’t have the money, we don’t spend the money we haven’t got.”