‘At Arsenal we make superstars’

ARSENE WENGER has defended his tight grip on the Arsenal purse strings by declaring: “We don’t sign superstars, we make them”.

If Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov is successful during the looming power struggle at the Emirates, Wenger could be armed with the spending power to rival even Chelsea.

But the Frenchman insists that whoever triumphs in the boardroom, he will continue pursuing his policy of signing promising talent and turning them into big names.