Arsenal director Danny Fiszman has pledged that the North London club will never go down the route pursued by rivals Chelsea and rely on a wealthy benefactor, with natural and sustainable growth the preferred option at Emirates Stadium.
Wenger has memorably described Chelsea’s policy of plunging the club into debt and relying on the personal funds of Roman Abramovich as ‘financial doping’, and Fiszman appears ready to resist any attempts from Usmanov to tread a similar path.
"We don't believe in the benefactor model," Fiszman told Arsenal TV.
"It is not a question of a one-time infusion of cash to buy player x or player y. You actually then have salaries that are connected to the players.
"What if they don't work out? Do you go and buy another two or three players? Is there any end to it?
"So I think everybody, including Chelsea, knows there are limits. Chelsea were not big spenders last summer certainly - they got our old player Steven Sidwell on a free transfer.
"We believe in the end the self-sustaining model is the right one, the one we have adopted and will continue adopting."
On the departure of Flamini to Milan on a free transfer, Fiszman insisted that Arsenal’s wage structure is competitive in The Premier League and that they were unwilling to break that in order to keep the France international at the club.
"We made a substantial offer to Mathieu,” Fiszman added. “It was considerable and in line with our wage structure but he chose to go elsewhere.
"We wish him luck, thank him for what he has done for the club and wish him all the best.
"If you look at our total wage costs you will see they are virtually the same as Manchester United and substantially more than Liverpool.
"Of course we are all a little less than Chelsea who are in a world of their own. But compared to Manchester United and Liverpool we are good payers.
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