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Arsene Wenger fumes at EUFA rule barring Aubameyang from playing

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in a past match [Photo: Courtesy]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has angrily criticized the UEFA rule barring players from representing different clubs in the European tournament in the same season. While speaking to the press ahead of their trip to Sweden, where they will face the Swedish giants Ostersunds in the Europa League round 32, Wenger argued that it is quite unfair for the clubs to spend heavily on the winter windo3w and fail to get their services.

“When you look at the transfer amounts you spend now, that you have to spend £50m, £60m, £70m in the middle of the season, that the players cannot play doesn’t make sense,” Said Wenger.

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