Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger hits out at Everton’s transfer activity

Arsene Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hit out at the Premier League’s loan system ahead of his game against Everton today.

The Blues have signed three players on-loan this season, taking Romelu Lukaku from Everton, Gareth Barry from Manchester City and Gerard Deulofeu from Barcelona.

Wenger’s concern is that players signed on-loan cannot play against their parent clubs and believes it should be abolished.

“I believe that if you want to continue the system we have to make them available against the teams that loaned them out – or the system is not defensible,” Wenger said.

“It is just a protection of the clubs who loan the players out to hurt their opponents, when they have no risk at all.

“For a while you could decide when you loaned a player out whether he could play against you or not and I always decided ‘yes, he can play against us’.

“The system is the same for Chelsea, Arsenal and everybody else but the only question is ‘is the system right or not?’ It is open for debate.

“It is true Everton have done a quality job on that front because they have got Barry, Lukaku, Gerard Deulofeu from Barcelona.

“Lukaku and Barry, yes they have been influential.”