Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis Arsene Wenger's transfer policy describes
as "incredibly brave" in a BBC Five Live interview and assured his
supporters that "the time for patience will soon be over".With
the Gunners not having won a trophy since 2005, Wenger has been
routinely criticized for its perceived reluctance to invest in big money
players. There
are a lot of high-profile departures during that time, with Robin van
Persie and Alex Song both departed the club in the summer.
Van
Persie said before the move that he "did not agree" with Wenger and
Gazidis at the discretion of the club, and the second-largest that
Arsenal's lead shareholder, Alisher Usmanov and Farhad Moshiri, to write
to the owner Stan Kroenke in July to talk about the "ordering deep
"on a" tight "financial approach that requires Wenger" sell his best
players and have to keep looking for a cheaper substitute. "Gazidis, though, feels Wenger has demonstrated mastery of the transfer market and that his refusal to bow to pressure to spend is to his credit.
"I do not think Arsene conservative," he told BBC Five Live. "I think he's incredibly brave I think he's doing other things not to do and see things that others do not see Arsene is not fixed at the players in assessing the value of a player - .. He will look with the same weight on young players coming through the Arsenal academy and players who may be available at a very large and powerful from abroad.
"He's not afraid to spend money when he believes the players and see the player he can kick us in the future but he is not obsessed with the security of a big transfer fee might give him."
He added: "I think the time when we had to keep asking them (Arsenal supporter) for patience will soon be over and I think we will be able to deliver the kind of success they want is consistently going forward as one of the leading clubs in Europe."
Wenger has been a vocal supporter of the Financial Fair Play UEFA plan, designed to ensure clubs live within their means, and the Premier League club have held talks on self-rule set. Gazidis believes Arsenal, who recently recorded a profit before tax of healthy, providing an example for other clubs to follow.
"Arsenal operate this way long before football saw it and decided it would be a good way to move the football," he said. "The Premier League owners come together. I think there is a growing consensus around the fact that we need some form of tighter financial regulation to make sure because we hope that the interest of the Premier League, the club and the fans are well protected."
