Arsene Wenger insists that Chelsea and not Arsenal will
be the hardest hit by the African Cup of Nations.
Arsenal lose Emmanuel Eboue, Kolo Toure and Alex Song to the
tournament which kicks-off later this month, whilst Chelsea will be
missing Didier Drogba, Mikel John Obi, Salomon Kalou and Michael
Essien.
And Wenger says The Blues will feel the impact most of all.
"I believe it will be Chelsea who suffers the most, though on the
other had they can buy more can anyone else to correct that," said
the Arsenal manager.
"But losing Mikel, Essien, Drogba and Kalou, that's four main
players. Nobody loses that many.
"We are just behind Chelsea and Portsmouth also - but I won't use
it as an excuse if we don't win the title because I have known who
we will lose since the start of the season.
"If they were injured, I wouldn't complain."
Transfers
Despite losing players - Wenger says it does not put him signing
African players in the future.
"When you do buy them, you have to consider how many to go for. If
you lose four or five games at that time, you can't win the
championship so you have to consider the balance," he said.
"You can afford to lose two maybe, but not five. It's certainly a
problem you have to consider."
