Arsene Wenger has warned of the "danger" of astronomical wages being offered by Chinese Super League clubs becoming the benchmark for the Premier League's top talent
Arsene Wenger
Arsene Wenger
London: Arsene Wenger has warned of the "danger" of astronomical wages being offered by Chinese Super League clubs becoming the benchmark for the Premier League's top talent.
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Chelsea striker Diego Costa has been linked with a move to the Far East with an offer of £600,000 a week reportedly on the table for the Spain international.
The Frenchman fears the ever-increasing pay packet of a top-flight star could soon end up being compared to the money on offer in China.
"That's the danger, that the Chinese offers become the benchmark for Europe," Wenger said, when asked if the money on offer in China could complicate negotiations with top players.
"You cannot compete with that but I still think that, when you're a footballer, the first thing is that you want to play against the best players in the best teams. Of course it's a worry but it happened in Europe before. It also happens when you're at a smaller club. Sometimes we had periods where we could not financially compete with the bigger clubs. It can happen inside the country,"âu00c2u0080u00c2u0088Wenger said "When you want to be a footballer, your first aspiration is to play in the best league. That has to be the first target," Wenger added.
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