WENGER
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger
admitted he was surprised by Oscar's £60m move from Chelsea to Shanghai SIPG.
The Brazilian midfielder has
been out of favour at Stamford Bridge since the arrival of new boss Antonio
Conte, starting just five Premier League games.
But on Friday morning Chelsea and SPIG confirmed that the clubs had agreed a deal for the
25-year-old to move, with Sky sources understanding the fee to be
£60m. That would mean the Blues make a profit of around £41m on the player.
Wenger says that the money
being ploughed into Chinese football is potentially a threat to the Premier
League, which has been the most powerful financial force in the market for many
years.
'Yes, it's a surprise, it's a
distortion," said Wenger. "Basically when you're a football player
you want to combine the quality of the competition with the quantity of your
wages.
"It's a surprise to me,
but when I was in Japan, we had many Brazilian players. At the moment I think
Oscar moves because he doesn't play in the Premier League. China gives him that
opportunity as well,..they invest a lot of money at the moment.
"Will it be a future
problem for the Premier League? It could become [one]."
Meanwhile, Wenger has
defended Mesut Ozil's work ethic in the wake of a week of
criticism for the Arsenal midfielder.
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