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Wenger on the Wigan win and not buying a striker in January

Written by Jeffrey on December 4, 2011 – 4:45

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insisted that the Gunners will not sign a striker during the January transfer window.

Speaking before and after the Wigan win on Saturday, the Frenchman explained that the Gunners dominated the game after a shaky first fifteen minutes adding that the players did well in every area of the pitch.

Asked if a new striker is being considered, the Arsenal boss again said that he has a big squad and even though Marouane Chamakh will leave for the African Nations Cup in January, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ju Young Park, Andrey Arshavin and Robin van Persie should be enough during the busy period of December and January.

It will be interesting to see how online betting sites will rate the arrival of a new striker and how football betting will be affected now that the Gunners are back in top form.

Before and after Wigan, Wenger said:

Wigan started well, created some dangerous situations and surprised us at the start. After that 15 minutes we took control of the game and never looked like losing that.

Maybe a bit in the first five minutes of the second half. But overall we had a good team performance defensively and offensively.

The confidence is there and you could feel that in the way we played today. I can only congratulate the team.

They are growing and they are getting better and better. You could see there is something there to work on.

[A possible comeback?] I had that in my memory when it was 2-0 and they started strongly in the second half because they had done that last season.

I just felt that today we had too much for Wigan and that we looked solid at the back. We didn’t lose any goals in the fights and therefore of course we were under threat less defensively.

[A new striker?] At the moment, I do nothing in January. I have a big squad, but if you knock at my door and say ‘I have a fantastic player for you’, I will not turn it down.

If we have no injuries, we should get away with it because we have Oxlade-Chamberlain, who can play there, Park, Arshavin and Van Persie.

So we still have offensive players, but we could be a bit short if we have an injury.

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  • JOHN GODWIN says:
    December 4, 2011 at 8:19

    I can believe what i’m hearing, Arsenal wont be buying striker in January. What is Arsene Wenger doing? He shouldn’t try that if he does not want to see fans’ anger. I wont forgive him for that.

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    • uz says:
      December 6, 2011 at 8:48

      He’s doing what he knows best….playing pranks.You supported him while he got back to winning ways forgeting there were issues hanging and unresolved.The man understands fans like you who are easily fooled by a couple of wins.If you and the rest had insisted that this was nothing to be thrilled about and that we need to buy in january,he would have been rattled.Right now he is very comfortable and the old arsene wenger who believes that buying is not an option is certainly back.

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  • addy says:
    December 4, 2011 at 10:18

    How does wenger not see what everyone else can? I think the striker situation mirrors the situation with our centre-halves last year. If rvp gets injured, we’ll have only the forever adapting park at striker left. Chamakh will go to the acn. If wenger continues to be stubborn, i wouldn’t be surprised to see a repeat of last summer come july 2012.
    A striker is a must in jan, maybe even a winger/midfielder. I’d go for reus and podolski, both will cost under 20 mil and are great players.
    Hope the gotze rumours are true as well. At least we could stick theo at cf and mario on the wing then.

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  • jason says:
    December 4, 2011 at 11:34

    Crazy talk cause if RVP does get injured we have to rely on Chamakh and whenever i see this guy play he never seems to know what hes doing.

    And also Park Chu Young lets be honest hes hardly played for us so far hes not going to come into the team on good form.

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  • azubike says:
    December 4, 2011 at 11:45

    i think a buy in january is a sure thing, if arsenal still hope to go to the champions league next year. because looking at the table i think we need a couple of players to guarantee our champions league place.

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  • azubike says:
    December 4, 2011 at 11:51

    to my opinon perhaps it’s arsene wenger that should leave because that man has lost any taste if there is of winning any trophy.we need an ambitious coach.

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    • uz says:
      December 6, 2011 at 8:50

      Well said.Its not about buying players,Its about eliminating your problem proactively.
      That problem is wenger.He needs to be sacked.period

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  • Essien Isaac says:
    December 4, 2011 at 12:28

    If if if!!! Well, what if he doesnt get injured? We will have a balanced squad where a second choice striker will not be pushing to play or leave, bcoz he knows RVP Is the man at the moment. For once guyz be positive!

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  • Vickie says:
    December 4, 2011 at 13:37

    Wenger has always been the architect of arsenal’s misfortunes. Arshavin was played against fulham while gerv(not injured) was left on bench for what? If he wanted to give arsh a playing time, he shouldn’t have done that in epl matches at least not now. He could have decided toplay him in ucl since we have qualified. We were suppose not to drop point on the weekend when the top teams dropped point but we did owing to wenger stupidity. It still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth that wenger preferred chamack who can’t take on defender(s), doesn’t know how to lay a good pass, has no legs to shoot aimfully at goal, too slow for anything reasonable, to bendtner. Had bendtner been played in the carling cup match against man city, no doubt we would have won the match, and that by now will have given us hope of lifting carling cup considering man utd loss and even if they had won, they can’t match us now. Wenger is again reiterating his intention of not buying a striker in january. He is always a fool who never learns.

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  • Damouchee says:
    December 4, 2011 at 14:04

    Weird when we all know quite well that wenger never points out a potential transfer target to †he media…Quit †he habit of barking!

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  • HP says:
    December 4, 2011 at 14:11

    I hope (like everybody else) that Wenger changes his mind. I can’t understand that after the city game Wenger hasn’t realised that all we need is another world class striker. I’m still convinced that if we had a quality striker in the game against city we would have scored and won the game.

    “Asked if a new striker is being considered, the Arsenal boss again said that he has a big squad and even though Marouane Chamakh will leave for the African Nations Cup in January, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ju Young Park, Andrey Arshavin and Robin van Persie should be enough during the busy period of December and January.” – Even though Chamakh leaves for ANC?!?! It’s more of a relief that he has to leave for that!

    Van Persie will surely be able to handle the busy period, but as every person says, what if he gets injuried. We can’t rely on the likes of Arshavin and Park since Arshavin is sh**t and Park hasn’t played enough to be good yet. And since Wenger doesn’t put AOC on in EPL games how can he expect that all of a suden he can come in in January and make a difference?!

    I’m still convinced that Wenger is the best for Arsenal, but he has to change some of his views if Arsenal wants to continue to be a top club. He has to buy a new striker! That’s all we need. Van Persie is amazing and sometimes Gervinho and Walcott scores a goal, but they are not goalscorers like Van Persie and as I have mentioned earlier Chamakh and Park are not good enough.

    I’m not convinced that Podolski would be a good siging for Arsenal since he’s like Mertesacker. They have played well for Germany, but not on club level.
    I would have loved to see Benzema at Arsenal, but I think it’s too late now. We should have signed him when he had trouble to get game time in Real Madrid.

    Now I don’t know which striker would be a great siging, but all I know is that it’s absolutely necessary that we get a quality striker this January!

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    • Glory hunter says:
      December 4, 2011 at 22:47

      Lol!
      I’m sure all gooners feel just like you HP!
      We are all afraid that if RVP gets injured we are !
      But regardless of his fitness we actually need new strikers to share the gial scoring burden!
      My guess is Arsene believes Chamakh is still capable but only time will.
      When’s Afobe returning from injury & NB52 is still useless.

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  • Alex says:
    December 4, 2011 at 14:43

    People need to calm down. Never believe what Arséne says sometimes. Remember when he was asked about Arteta? Now look who’s playing for us…

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  • McGirt says:
    December 4, 2011 at 15:25

    I can’t believe the nonsense I’m reading here. Buy a striker? Why?

    We have enough attacking options, and I’m happy to see Park lead the line. The boy can finish and simply needs games – the same as any other player that comes to a new club! Would buying a striker make any immediate impact? Of course not!

    If RVP gets injured, I’d be more than happy for Walcott to take up the mantle.

    My word, some people do not not live in the real world!

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    • LFS says:
      December 4, 2011 at 22:15

      I wsa thinking the same McGirt, what if Walcott finally takes the CF position and with AOC on the right wing we become unstopable?

      People should remember (or shouldn’t forget) what was said about Wenger at the beggining of this season… now we’re 5th, 19 point from possible 21 and the best English club in the UCL.

      How can you people critizice him? He knows ALOT more than we do.

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  • McGirt says:
    December 4, 2011 at 15:27

    … and Bendtner’s strike rate (and performances) at Sunderland suggest that he should not return to Arsenal.

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  • donaldb09@hotmail.co.uk says:
    December 4, 2011 at 15:35

    first of all i wont read too much in to what he says
    managers dont like all there busnness to be out in the media.

    but if wenger dose not plan to buy
    dose this mean he thinks v perise will be fitt all sesion and that park or chamak can score agains teams :S

    we have been lucky we aint had no long term injoursd to our main players but it is only a matter of time before the likes of song v perise walcott pick up knocks.

    are fist eleven is good but our back up players are far from it

    chamak, park, arshavin, rosicky, benayo, squillaci …..can they play agains to teams ?
    we going to have a hard games in the C.L

    i hope wenger is not thinking is god here
    start of the season he only bought 5 players becouse we was going to not eeven finishe top 8.

    i hope becouse we are winning games wenger is not lost it.

    we need world class players our back up players need to get sold.

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  • danigunner says:
    December 4, 2011 at 20:03

    Thinking about the future… this january transfer window we’ll will not see any new player arriving to the emirates. But Next season will see how our loaned player will shine in the next chapter of the epl…

    Today Vela Scored an amazing goal in Real Sociedad…see the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bIXaQPGLszY

    He just needed minutes…

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  • john says:
    December 4, 2011 at 21:40

    Maybe he’s just wording it sneakily and he’ll buy a winger-come-striker!

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  • Roachy says:
    December 5, 2011 at 0:05

    Supporters can sometimes be very nieve….What do you want Wenger to say to the question, Mr Wenger will you purchase a new striker in the January window??….”Yes in January I will be looking to buy a world class striker to strengthen”???

    Not a chance because any striker that might be available in January will cost double for Arsenal. Ofcourse his response has to be “I will do nothing in January” that is a given!!!!

    But note what he added after that, he said…..”I have a big squad, but if you knock at my door and say ‘I have a fantastic player for you’, I will not turn it down”

    That says to me that if a world class striker becomes available in January and wants to come to Arsenal, for the right price, he will not turn it down.

    For me, Anelka is the perfect player for Wenger to buy this Jan…. He wont cost much, is a proven finisher, knows the Premier League and can play up front or wide!!!

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  • Mark says:
    December 5, 2011 at 13:28

    What we have to realize is that RVP is going to be the #1 striker and play as much as he can when healthy (the big IF though) and anyone we bring in will not get much time on the pitch unless there is an injury. Ideally we can find a versatile player that can play a position other than striker so he can get more games in and give us coverage for Gervinho when he is gone and also Walcott/RVP when one (or both) will inevitably be injured. As much as many would love to see Wenger play two forwards more, it is obvious that he will not do so when RVP is in the lineup unless it’s late and we need to score.

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  • summerbreez says:
    December 5, 2011 at 20:57

    I believe we have enough striking force particularly if we call our loans back but i think we need to its essential to strengthen our squad we are not high up in the table and having our opponents going out to strengthen their squad even though they are ahead off us on points we more so need a marvin martin remember we will be without gervinho and shamach for tthe african cup

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  • El Torpille says:
    December 7, 2011 at 12:52

    Tired of reading and listening to Arsene Wenger comments and “try to be clever” explanations…. When you still have Arshavin in your team, you should think about your coaching ethic and method…

    He is totally deluded… Right now I am crediting the revival of the team spirit and the performances to the players, because Wenger is not helping is team.

    We obviously need some additions in January, but he still saying that he has a “massive” squad, but if we get one or two injuries we will be in trouble…!!!

    Not logical and insulting to the fans at the same time… But hey, he is in charge and the board ( and some fans too ) like it that way….

    I am just tired of that mediocrity…

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  • Will says:
    December 7, 2011 at 23:00

    As much of a cliche it is, all I can say is in Arsene we trust. Who would’ve thought that after losing Nasri and Fabregas, as well as conceding 8 at old trafford that we’d be competing? We’re now one of the only 2 English clubs left in the champions league and 5th in the league (Excellent considering our miserable start). NO and I mean NO other manager could’ve done what Wenger did in keeping this club together.

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