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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger rubbished suggestions that Luis Suarez was "too good" for Arsenal on Friday (1st August) and denied that Colombian international midfielder Juan Quintero was close to joining the club.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Arsene Wenger, Arsenal manager:
(Q: What did you make of Steven Gerrard's comments that Luiz Suarez was "too good" for Arsenal?)

"You're never too good for Arsenal and Steven Gerrard knows that, but I can understand completely that they asked him to stay because he wanted him to play with him and to have a chance to win the Premier League, but it didn't happen and anyway Suarez left."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Arsene Wenger, Arsenal manager:
(Q: Did you sign Calum Chambers from Southampton because of the uncertainty around the club or was he part of your long-term plans?)

"No he was just a long-term goal. I like the player, I like the quality he has and he is a young prospect as well. He's English and I hope that in the future we have a core of the English national team because what we have learned over the last two World Cup is that Spain won it with six players from Barcelona, this time Germany won it with six players from Bayern Munich. I hope next time England wins it with six players from Arsenal."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Arsene Wenger, Arsenal manager:
(Q: Are you concerned that Alexis Sanchez may struggle in the Premier League, considering Mesut Oezil's form tailed off after Christmas?)

"Yes the first year is always difficult year because Christmas is a very important period for us and the players who come for the first season find it quite hard and when I told you maybe we need to find period of better turnover during the season and give some players who have come for a first season a breather."