Transfer Trouble Leaves Arsene Wenger In A Fix

[Folami David]

With only one unheralded new recruit to help end an eight-year trophy drought, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger enters the final year of his contract amid a growing swell of fan frustration that leaves a renewal not guaranteed.
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Despite being strongly linked with strikers Gonzalo Higuain, Wayne Rooney and Luis Suarez, Wenger has only added French youth international forward Yaya Sanogo from Ligue 2 club Auxerre on a free ahead of Saturday's opener at home to Aston Villa.
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This comes despite the club's cash rich board publicly declaring that Wenger, who manfully maintained Arsenal's position among England's top four through recent frugal times, had enough money to compete with the big-spending trio of Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea.
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But as City and Chelsea's new coaches splurged in an attempt to wrestle the title back from United,
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Wenger has failed with a £40 million and one pound bid for Liverpool striker Suarez, while Higuain opted for Napoli despite Arsenal seemingly in pole position to sign him.
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With the board's much discussed spending plans yet to come to fruition, many fear Arsenal's challenge for a 14th English league title is over before it has begun.
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"At the moment with the squad they have got it might be tough," former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour, who played under Wenger, told Reuters in an interview in Singapore.
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"If they could bring Suarez in, a midfielder and maybe a defender they would have a decent squad because they have got some very good players like (Santi) Cazorla, (Jack) Wilshere, (Theo) Walcott.
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"Arsene Wenger now really needs to buy players that are going to make the team better, not just individuals who are good for the squad like the Denilsons, Bendtners and Chamakhs and people like that."

[Shola Sholaz]

Transfer troubles has always worried Arsene Wenger and Arsenal Football Club. They just find it hard to sign players.