Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas believes Arsenal have paid heavily for £42.5million signing Mesut Ozil and claims Spurs have done better business in the transfer market than most of their Champions League rivals.
Arsenal’s blockbuster capture from Real Madrid is suffering from a stomach upset but will travel with his new team-mates to Sunderland as Arsene Wenger weighs up whether the Germany playmaker is fit to make his debut.
All being well, Ozil will take his bow six hours before Gareth Bale’s debut for Real Madrid at Villarreal on Saturday night. Bale’s £86m move to the Spanish giants opened the door for Ozil’s switch to Arsenal for a club record fee, while Tottenham splurged £100m-plus on Roberto Soldado, Erik Lamela, Christian Eriksen, Paulinho and more.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has already suggested Tottenham have upset the balance of their squad but Villas-Boas hit back by arguing Arsenal’s policy has seen them pay a heavy price for a No 10 when ‘they have lots of players for that position’. The Spurs boss said: ‘Real Madrid sold a player for 50million euros; a wonderful, gifted footballer and in the end Arsenal paid heavily for a player of that dimension.
‘It’s a €50m transfer for a No 10 who nobody has any doubt over his ability. They have lots of players for that position but they have become stronger with Ozil.
‘We are happy with what we have done in the transfer window, extremely happy. Arsenal did a great last-minute coup with Ozil but they will be as competitive as they were before.
‘All of us have done good business in the transfer window — Man City and us maybe a little bit more than Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.’
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