Wenger reveals his long-game..........................

Talking on Arsenal.com today - in a warm up to his eagerly anticipated contract extension, Arsene mused on his vision for the future of Arsenal football club.

Arsène Wenger admits that he prefers to make stars rather than buy them.

The transfer window slammed shut last Friday and, yet again, the Arsenal manager did not attempt to bolster his squad with a big name. All of his four signings over the summer — Eduardo, Bacary Sagna, Lukasz Fabianski and Lassana Diarra - can be labelled as ‘talented and upcoming’ rather than ‘established and world famous’. But, Wenger argues, his policy of buying young and integrating early will bring dividends soon.

“We want to be faithful to the policy in the Club,” he said. "We have a team that can develop in the next four or five years.

“I feel we are in the process of turning Cesc Fabregas, Denilson and Abou Diaby into world-class players.

“It may not be so long before we are on top again. If you ask me if we have the potential to achieve success this year then I say ‘yes without a doubt’. It is important not to relate only success with money.

"I feel we make superstars. We have a feel for the game and the way we want to play football is linked to development and therefore you have to take your time a little bit. If you find an extra special player then OK.

“But I have not seen a number of what you might call world class players. World class prices maybe but not world class players.”

Wenger pointed out that he had funds to buy bigger this summer and chose not to. He argues his side’s start to the season is justification in itself of his policy.

"We are not short of money,” said the Frenchman. “We have done very well and our [financial] results will come out soon, you will see.

“I really don't know why everybody wants us to buy. We have started the season well, qualified for the Champions League and are playing in a convincing way.

"I am not scared to spend money. If it’s for a player I feel who is what I need, of course I will do it. But [the number of] really world class players are really small. And then you have to get to a level of players who are better than you have already.

“And I think the players we have are stars.”