Wenger on the rumoured Alexis contract offer.

'You have many different opinions there,' he said.

'Some people tell me 'just give him what he wants', but then you cannot respect anymore any wages structure and you put the club in trouble as well.

'That is why you have to make the decision in an objective way. Always the club has to be the priority.

'I understand as well that top players is a big priority but, at the end of the day, even for important players you can only pay as much as you can afford.

'We must accept that also modern life has changed a little bit and we always had a wage schedule that was respected, but players earn so much money now that the cases have become much more individual than global.'

'First of all, I cannot confirm that we have offered that,' he said.

'Secondly, we will do as always. We have to consider our financial potential to sustain the wages for the whole squad.

'What is for sure is that what is paid per week today was 20 years ago per year. Will that continue to go up? I don't know. I'm always tempted to say no but I was wrong on that front.
Why doesn't he poke his nose out and let the club get on with it? Why is he making comments about the wage structure? What business of his is that? And even if he is controlling such things, which would be another indicator of how wrecked this club is if true, then wouldn't it be better for him to keep his fat gob shut anyway? He wants to shoot his mouth off about he has no business talking about, but he doesn't want to talk about his own contract and his own offer. Typical Wenger hypocrisy. Typical Wenger arrogance.