Wenger in deadline day dash for quartet
China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-02 08:01
LONDON - Arsene Wenger embarked on a last-ditch spending spree on transfer deadline day as the under-pressure Arsenal boss signed Mikel Arteta, Andre Santos, Per Mertesacker and Yossi Benayoun, while Manchester City completed its shock swoop for injury-plagued midfielder Owen Hargreaves.
Wenger has been feeling the heat since his side's humiliating 8-2 defeat at Manchester United on Sunday, and he reacted by splashing out around ��24 million on a quartet of new faces on Wednesday.
He paid ��10 million for Everton midfielder Arteta in an attempt to fill the void left by Cesc Fabregas's move to Barcelona.
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