Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has said that he will only sign players of “a special class” during the current transfer window. Arsenal is currently fifth in the Premier League, three points behind Aston Villa and Manchester United.
“At the moment I feel that if we do add somebody we need to add somebody who has a special class, because we [already] have good players,” said Wenger. “Take a player like [Aaron] Ramsey. They show that they grow. Of course, they still show lapses, a lack of experience, but they have quality and they can grow quickly.”
Arsenal has been linked with Liverpool’s Xabi Alonso, Everton’s Mikel Arteta and Andrei Arshavin of Zenit St. Petersburg. “I would like to think longer term,” Wenger said after ruling out Swiss midfielder Gokhan Inler as a transfer target. “If the right player comes in, even if he is not available for the Champions League, his class is more important for me.”