Date published: Saturday 6th April 2019 2:18
Unai Emery wants to buy “some players” this summer that can join Arsenal and make the same impact that Virgil van Dijk has had on Liverpool.
Van Dijk has been brilliant for the Reds since joining from Southampton for £75million over a year ago and has been one of the Premier League’s standout performers his season.
Things appear to be tight at the Emirates Stadium as Emery was instructed he could only bring in loan signings in the January transfer window.
And Goal claims that Emery will have a budget of £45million which will rise if the club qualifies for the Champions League.
“I think we can improve first, by spending money to achieve players,” Emery told Goal.
“In the past the club have done great work in watching players, finding and signing young players and developing our players in the academy.
“I have big respect for our work, for our players in the academy. I want to develop the players here – giving them progress to achieve something at a big club like we are.
“We can also achieve [buy] some players who are in other teams, who can come here and give us this performance – like Van Dijk with Liverpool.”
Emery added: “We can share both situations. Developing players with us and [finding] some players who we can spend money on to help us.
“I think we are in the right way with the club, with the owner, with Raul Sanllehi [head of football] to find that. To fight against the teams with more money the us, maybe Manchester City, maybe Real Madrid.
“Arsenal is great. Our objective is to be with the best teams in the world.”
