After the Reds rejected a second improved bid of just over £40m, with boss Brendan Rodgers declaring the Uruguayan to be worth a sum nearer to the £100m touted for Tottenham's Gareth Bale. Arsenal manager, Arsene Wengerwhen asked about the situation after pulling a dramatic draw against napoli at the Emirate Cup 2013 match against Napoli, said: "Yes, of course. I am confident. Why should I sit here and say to you we can absolutely not win the title with the players we have?..."
He continued, "I never said we have made a bid to Liverpool, now I can tell you we have made one, so at least that is some information. All the rest, I would like to keep to us... If we progress in that situation, we will inform you. At the moment, that is where we are. We will treat every transfer with the rules we have always done until now, that is in a fair and respectful way... We have one month in front of us and we will work very hard to strengthen our squad, without naming any specific names, because I do not believe that will make negotiations easier... When you want to buy any player you need the agreement of the club, of the player and you need to agree a price, so you need three agreements... What is important is we focus on the players we have, that we are not too much drawn into these stories."
What Wenger had to say about acrobatic goal by Olivier Giroud with 18 minutes left which sparked a fightback and Laurent Koscielny headed home a dramatic late equaliser? The Frenchman said: "It was a good game overall at a good pace against a good side who finished second in Italy last year... I feel overall over 90 minutes we played going forward. It took us time to adjust defensively, and as well it was a good mental test because from 2-0 down to come back for 2-2 is very impressive."
The Gunners have signed only France U20 forward Yaya Sanogo on a free transfer so far this year!
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