Arsene Wenger has claimed that Thierry Henry, is under pressure to be controversial on TV.
The former Arsenal striker is now a pundit on Sky Sports and recently stated that the Gunners need four more players, to compete for the Premier League title next term.
Wenger was clearly not impressed by his comments, especially as Henry also insisted Arsenal would not win trophies with Olivier Giroud as their spearhead in attack.
“I think he’s wrong,” the Gunners boss said. “He’s paid for that. We know all the system now of the modern media, especially on TV. I know how it works. They push you to be controversial because they give you a lot of money.
“I can accept an opinion but the comment on Giroud was a bit more wrong, especially because I heard the same thing being said about Nicolas Anelka, about Thierry Henry himself and about Robin van Persie. And they all became world-class players themselves.”
The Frenchman however admitted he needs to tweak his squad a bit, as other big teams will strengthen in the summer. But he insisted that Arsenal “are not in need of absolute change”.
“That is the unknown quantity,” Wenger continued. “How much higher are the other teams going to go? Because you can expect Manchester City to respond. You can expect Manchester United to respond, Liverpool to respond.
“We are not in need of absolute change. We have a strong squad. We have some strong young players behind. We have a very big squad, so we need to lose some players as well. We have Lukas Podolski away, Joel Campbell. Yaya Sanogo will come back.” A number will be offloaded in addition to any recruitment that Wenger considers will directly improve quality.”
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