“The Arsenal board is angry, we will give Wenger funds to buy in January” – Gazidi

Arsenal’s chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, has said that the club’s board is angry over the recent results and general poor form and insisted that Arsene Wenger will be given funds to strengthen his squad in the winter transfer window.

Gazidis was speaking a day after Arsenal were humiliated in the Capital One Cup by Bradford City.

“I’m tired of saying the same message so won’t do so, [but] last night wasn’t good enough and made many of us angry,” Gazidis said at a meeting with the Arsenal Supporters Trust on Wednesday evening. “The support was amazing and they deserved better, and it’s something we need to put right.

“We are desperate to deliver that success and only by talking to those of us here will you understand that. I don’t pretend we get everything right, but we really do try to.

“We built our revenues, we built our reserves, [but] we need to do better at how we spend that money. We are a club that’s under pressure.

“The squad needs something. We’ve got money to spend, but does that mean that he’s [potential targets] available. That’s something else.

“My communications with Stan are generally about team performance. Obviously he’s not happy with the way the team is performing.”

Wenger is believed to have sealed a deal to bring back Thierry Henry and is also looking at Wilfried Zaha, Jaas Klass-Huntelaar and Mohammed Diame.

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