Arsene Wenger has said that he does not have to justify his movements during the transfer window to anyone.
The Frenchman was reacting towards criticism from Newcastle boss Alan Pardew after Wenger put in a bid for Yohan Cabaye leaving the Newcastle boss to drop the player ahead of their 4-0 thrashing at Manchester City.
The Gunners boss was in no mood to answer any criticism following Arsenals 3-1 loss to Aston Villa in the season opener at the Emirates.
“There is nothing to explain,” Wenger said. “First of all, you don’t know what we have done, you don’t know if we did bid and you have come to a conclusion without knowing everything that has happened.
“It is quite amazing that all of the people don’t know and yet they always have opinions about things they don’t know.
“I won’t explain to you what happened. It is not down to me to explain to you everything I do. It is impossible.
“If we do a transfer, we will announce it. We always inform you. As for the rest, you have to leave us to do our own things.
“We don’t want to hurt anybody, not Newcastle, not anybody. You can’t reproach us on one side for not buying and yet on the other side when we try to buy to reproach us as well. That is a bit contradictory.
“I would just like to reiterate to you that in the last 16 years we have been very successful with transfers – if you look at the players who play tomorrow, they are top quality players, and you should never forget that.”
