Wenger - We are more competitive now @Arsenal

Arsène Wenger says it's too
early to say whether his Arsenal team can
sustain a challenge for the title - but he
believes they are more competitive now.
The Gunners sit top of the Premier League
after five games and are on a run of eight
straight wins in all competitions after losing
their opening game of the season.
Wenger has won three championships with
Arsenal and he believes that the Club is
stronger after a productive summer off the
pitch. But he will wait until the business end of
the campaign before making bold statements
about his team's title credentials.

This is the first year that we have
not only not lost a big player but
bought a big player so that's what
is new for us

"Let's see," said Wenger. "I think if we are in
April this time competing for the championship
we will be in a much stronger position than
the years before.
"This is the first year that we have not only
not lost a big player but bought a big player so
that's what is new for us.
"Until 2005 we were a team who could
compete every year to win the championship.
After we moved into the new stadium, it's not
a coincidence that suddenly we were bit
[lacking]. Even if in some seasons we were
close to winning the championship, we
couldn't win it.
"Maybe we missed that little bit of experience
and quality that makes the difference in April."
Wenger is confident that Arsenal can compete
with the Premier League's traditional powers -
but he says there is now a bigger challenge on
the continent.
"We are resource-wise more competitive,
that's for sure," said Wenger. "But
internationally, it's become harder because
you have more clubs who can buy the big
players.
"We are more competitive with the English
clubs and with the foreign clubs but the
competition overall in Europe has become
bigger because more clubs have the financial
resources to buy the big players."

Source: www.arsenal.com