Almunia in blast at Wenger
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HARD MAN .... Manuel Almunia has criticised manager Arsene Wenger's transfer dealings
MANUEL ALMUNIA has challenged Arsene Wenger's transfer policy by insisting: We can't win anything with kids.
The Gunners keeper wants Wenger to bring in experienced players to boost Arsenal's title challenge.
Almunia said: "It's great to have a young team but youth doesn't give you titles.
"To go a step further, players need to demand more of themselves, be more professional, braver in big games.
"We need the manager to work harder to get what we need, the club to make an extra effort to make us more competitive. We need more than youth."
Almunia's outburst puts him on a collision course with Wenger, who rejects the idea that simply spending money is the way forward.
The Arsenal boss, who was criticised by shareholders after a fourth season with silverware, said: "We have got an 'anti-Real' policy.
"We build on the long term, a bit like Barcelona. There are two prices today, the price when Real Madrid buy and the market price.
"We do not need a lot of signings, only if there are players leaving.
"We have got a young team, which has an average age of 22 or 23, and one which is maturing - even if it can make mistakes like in semi-final of the Champions League last season.
"I'm fed up with people who think I have £100million in the bank yet don't want to spend it. How can people think that?
"The pride of the club is having moved to a new stadium while maintaining the team at the top level."
The Gunners gaffer is also confident that with a little investment, the current crop have the potential to achieve success.
He added: "We cannot pump £100m into it, so we must keep faith in what we are doing as I believe this team does a lot of things right.
"The team does not need to be transformed. When you go on a long unbeaten run in the league and reach two semi-finals as we did last season, common sense tells you that.
"The future looks bright. But I want to add to the squad and I have identified one or two targets.
"However, identifying players and buying them are two different things."
Arsenal's second-biggest shareholder Alisher Usmanov warned this week that the club do not have enough money to finance an assault on the Premier League title.
Usmanov failed in an attempt to talk the club into a rights issue to generate funds for a transfer war chest for Wenger.
In a statement Usmanov's holding company said: "The board are confident they have adequate resources to strengthen the squad. We do not share their view."
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haha i dont think arsenal are really that poor. AW still hold the key whether arsenal should spent or not. i think he is still overly obsesses with kids.
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keep a few more balls out of your net then start talking.
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lol obsessed with kids = pedo
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Originally posted by R3SsH|n:
keep a few more balls out of your net then start talking.
ahaha this is so true.
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I still dun understand why he can command the no 1 at Arsenal. he is just an above average goalie, certainly not in the same class as VDS, Buffon or Casillas.
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i find him not bad lar