Wenger goal is to accumulate £20m summer war chest

ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger has insisted he will save up his transfer funds this month to accumulate a £20 million summer war chest — and is not risking the title by doing so.

Wenger admitted his liking for Juan Pablo Angel and Jermain Defoe but maintained that it is now a “dangerous” time to enter the transfer window as he proclaimed the market to be “dead.”

Even with Sylvain Wiltord, Dennis Bergkamp and Jeremie Aliadiere injured and with Kanu soon due to leave for the African Nations’ Cup, he will still not be lured into splashing out on a striker.

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