Wenger: I´ll do it my way

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said his side has shown clubs do not need to spend large sums of money to challenge for the English Premier League.

Arsenal are in third position in the league table, two points behind Manchester City and Manchester United, and meet the former at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday in a crucial fixture.

Yet in contrast to his City counterpart Roberto Mancini – who has spent well over 100 million pounds on his squad – Wenger has been reluctant to outlay big money on players.

“What is fantastic in football is there is no given formula. I personally am a big fan of the way we do it, so I try to be successful with the way we do it,” Wenger said.

“You can also do it the way Inter do, or Manchester City do, they buy the best players in the world, and it works as well. What I want to show is it works our way as well.”

“It does not annoy me, as long as they respect the rules. At the moment, the rules are like that and they respect them, so you cannot fault them.”

Wenger admitted the clash on Wednesday was one of the biggest of the season for his squad.

“It is a very, very big game because we know that we are very ambitious in this league,” he said.

“We have a good away record and if we beat the big teams at home, like we made a start against Chelsea, we have a chance to win the league.”

“That’s why this game is very big. The squad is confident, has great belief, very hungry, highly motivated to do well and physically we are in great shape.”