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Jamie Carragher says Arsenal are worse than Liverpool and Chelsea in key area | Football

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The former defender of Liverpool and England Jamie Carragher (Photo: CBS Sports)

Jamie Carragher says that Arsenal is worse than the rivals of Premier League Liverpool and Chelsea for the sale of players.

The Gunners spent more than 250 million pounds sterling this summer by bringing people like Viktor Gyokerres, Ebelechi Eze and Martin Zubimenddi at the Emirates stadium.

Eight players were signed in total to strengthen an arsenal team that ended as the Premier League finalists for three seasons in a row.

A dozen players also left the London club in summer, but less than 10 million pounds sterling were collected in the sales of players.

Thomas Partey and Jorginho both left for free transfers at the end of their arsenal contracts while Fabio Vieira, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Reiss Nelson all left.

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The sale of arsenal record remains the 35 million pounds sterling that Liverpool paid for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in 2017.

Carragher thinks that Arsenal is less than Liverpool and Chelsea in terms of playing players and says that the club’s healthy investment means that Mikel Arteta “ has a major trophy this season.

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Arsenal Boss Mikel Arteta (Photo: Getty)

Arsenal made a solid start to the Premier League campaign, seated secondly after four games, and beat Bilbao athletic in his champions League opening match on Tuesday evening.

Discussing Arsenal after the 2-0 victory in Bilbao, Carragher said on CBS Sports: “I think a few years ago, we would say:” Arsenal still needs to win something under Mikel Arteta “, now we are fully at this stage.

“But for me, I don’t even think it’s the FA Cup or the Carabao Cup. It would be good, but when you look at the team and the Arsenal team, that’s what you are waiting to see at Real Madrid or PSG.

“Arsenal must really go, very close this season.

“In terms of Mikel Arteta, you have to look at the expenses. I know that Liverpool spent much more this summer, without a doubt.

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“But in terms of club, Arsenal does not sell well, they do not sell any player. Liverpool and Chelsea do it, they bring back a lot of money to give them the opportunity to spend big.

“Arsenal does not do, but in terms of the club’s top, they have always supported Arteta on the handle, continuously spending money to create this team. He must reimburse them now.

Liverpool spent a British record of 446 million pounds sterling for new signatures this summer, but also reported nearly 200 million pounds sterling on player sales.

The Premier League champions received a lot of money for Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez, who joined Bayern Munich and Al Hilal respectively.

Chelsea, meanwhile, received nearly 300 million pounds sterling on summer sales, discharging people like Noni Madueke, Christopher Nkunku and Joao Felix.

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