Wenger blasts Chelsea for ￡75m transfer spree - 阿森納兵工廠足球俱樂部 Arsenal Football Club

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Arsène Wenger last night accused Chelsea of hypocrisy after questioning the
logic of Roman Abramovich's lavish ￡76.5m outlay on Fernando Torres and
David Luiz despite the Russian owner claiming to support Uefa's policy of
financial fair play.

"Chelsea supported Uefa's financial fair-play proposals but in the morning
they announced a ￡70m loss and in the afternoon they buy ￡75m worth of
players. Where's the logic in that?" Wenger said after Arsenal's 2-1 defeat
of Everton. "It's hard to guess. Officially they vote for financial fair play
but they can explain why they have done this much better than I can."

The Arsenal manager anticipates the Premier League champions will spend
heavily again in the summer following their mind-boggling huge outlay on
transfer deadline day, with his clear distaste all too evident last night.

Asked whether Chelsea's decision to spend almost as much money in one day as
they have since José Mourinho departed Stamford Bridge in September 2007 was
a sign that the champions were concerned at falling behind the other
challengers, Wenger said: "He [Abramovich] can tell you why but that's how
you can read it from the outside. If you don't invest for a while, it looks
as if you're not as involved in it any more. That he doesn't like it as much.
But ￡75m means more will come.

"Abramovich was a bit in no man's land where nobody could guess if he wanted
to still invest or not. He has been like that for a long time but that has
changed. He has decided to put big money in again and that tells you in the
summer more will come. He is back to full investment."

Wenger has been critical of Chelsea under Abramovich in the past, accusing
them of "financial doping" during the oligarch's early tenure at Stamford
Bridge when the Russian instigated regular overhauls of the Londoners' squad.
The Arsenal vice-chairman at the time, David Dein, famously claimed
Abramovich had "parked his Russian tanks on our lawn and is firing ￡50 notes
at us". Old wounds appear to have been reopened by the latest bout of
spending.

Uefa released a statement yesterday noting the frenzy of transfer activity on
deadline day – Chelsea and Liverpool alone spent close to ￡140m on four
players – with a view to the adoption of their fair-play regulations, which
will come into place for season 2012-13. "Uefa is aware of the recent
transfer activity across Europe," it read. "It must be noted, however, that
the financial fair-play rules do not prevent clubs from spending money on
transfers themselves but rather require them to balance their books at the
end of the season.

"We have full confidence that the clubs are increasingly aware of the nature
of the financial fair-play rules, which aim to encourage clubs to balance
their incomes and expenses over a period of time covering four to six
transfer windows."

Wenger's line-up last night cost ￡40m to construct, around ￡10m less than
Chelsea have paid for Torres alone. "That's why I sat back in my armchair on
the bench and watched with satisfaction," the Frenchman said. "Chelsea and
Manchester City are obviously special cases. It looks like Chelsea are back
on the market, which they weren't for a while. But they have the financial
potential to do this."


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網易體育2月3日報導：

切爾西在冬季突然花了超過7500萬鎊收購了托雷斯和路易斯，擊敗曼城再次成為英超頭號
燒錢大戶，對此，沒有在冬季花一分錢買人（宮市亮免費加盟）的溫格擔心，切爾西會再
次加入到曼城的燒錢行列中。

自從瘋狂燒錢幫助切爾西連奪2屆英超冠軍後，阿布在最近2年大幅減少對切爾西的轉會投
入，而日益老化的藍軍也終於在本賽季顯露人員不足、球員老化的弊端，並導致他們從榜
首一路狂跌到第5，為此，痛定思痛的阿布終於決定再次燒錢，大有重新讓切爾西成為英
超頭號富隊的架勢。

而溫格也非常擔心照這樣下去，切爾西和曼城將會在今夏重啟燒錢競賽，教授也質疑切爾
西一邊支持歐足聯的2012/13賽季開始的財政公平競賽原則，一邊卻大舉燒錢：「切爾西
很支持UEFA的財政公平競賽原則，他們剛剛宣佈了7000萬鎊的虧空，但隨後他們就買下了
價值7500萬鎊的球員，這是什麼邏輯？」

「你很難去猜測，在官方他們支持財政公平競賽，但他們比我更好去解釋為什麼，他（阿
布）可以告訴你為什麼，但那只是你從外界得到的答案，如果你有一段時間不投資，看起
來你好像不會再投資，但一旦重新開始，這7500萬鎊意味著隨後還會有更多。」

的確，在切爾西本賽季突然下挫後，阿森納取代他們成為曼聯爭冠的最大對手，如今切爾
西大有捲土重來的勢頭，不得不讓溫格擔心：「阿布現在似乎處在無人監管的地帶，沒有
人可以猜透他是否仍舊還想繼續投資，他已經像這樣投資了很長一段時間，但那曾經改變
了，現在他打算再度投資，你可以知道在今夏他還會投資更多，他重新開始全力投資球隊
。」

但溫格依然很自豪並且會堅持自己的青訓政策，因為昨天2-1逆轉埃弗頓的槍手場上球員
總身價（買進的時候）比托雷斯的身價5000萬鎊還要低 1000萬鎊，教授說：「那就是為
什麼我坐在我的太師椅依然很滿足的原因，切爾西和曼城很顯然是特別的例子，切爾西已
經重返轉會市場，儘管他們已經有段時間沒這樣做了，但他們有能力這樣做。」

(本文來源：網易體育 作者：錦標)



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