Stadium will save Gunners: Wenger

ARSENE WENGER has admitted Arsenal would have died a long, slow death at the top level if they had not built the spectacular Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners move into their new 60,000-capacity home at the start of next season, with club officials predicting the extra revenue will catapult them into European soccer’s financial big league alongside Manchester United and Real Madrid.

Although Wenger will have to wrestle with the financial constraints imposed by the £357m his club have invested in the ground, the Frenchman needed no convincing about the need to quit Highbury.