Arsenal winger Theo Walcott insists that The Gunners are still better than fierce-rivals Tottenham Hotpsur despite their mega-spending this summer.
Spurs have spent £43million on Paulinho and Roberto Soldado from Corinthians and Valencia respectively, as well as about to complete a £30million move for Roma’s Erik Lamela, whilst Arsenal have spent nothing so far this summer.
Andre Villas-Boas has also signed midfield duo Etienne Capoue and Nacer Chadli and their team finally has the depth that it has lacked in previous years.
However, Walcott believes that despite the mega-money being spent by the White Hart Lane, Arsenal are still the better team in North London.
When asked if Tottenham are stronger, he replied: ‘Not at all. I feel we’re very, very strong.
‘Everyone makes out our squad is very weak and there are not many of us, but we showed in the last few games that we can bounce back from a bad result, proving a lot of people wrong.
‘Every club is different and Tottenham invested their money very well. For us players we just want to do a job on Sunday, we don’t care if they have brought in £30million stars.
‘They have some very good players and a very good manager, but we need to make sure we focus on ourselves. The way we’re playing at the moment we believe we can beat anyone.
‘Tottenham is a massive game and I always enjoy these derbies. The fans make it very special.
‘It’s very early in the season considering there is an England game coming up, but us players love it and it’s a fixture I always look at straight away.
‘Tottenham are playing very good stuff at the moment but we are looking very sharp so for the neutral it’s going to be a pretty impressive spectacle.’
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt
