A smile surfaced on David Dain's face, albeit he was a bit shocked at Chelsea's 100 million pound transfer fee.
It was clear, however, that his boss wasn't stingy either...
Although he had only allocated a transfer fee of 30 million pounds to the club, it's essential to remember that his boss had also personally pledged to bring in three superstars for himself and Wenger!
Buffon!
Nesta!
Ronaldinho!
The transfer fee for these three players combined would be around 100 million pounds as well.
And if Wenger has another 30 million pounds in transfer fees to play with, that means Arsenal's total transfer budget this summer would even beat Chelsea's!
However, he couldn't reveal these details to the journalists yet.
Given that multiple superstar transfers are in play, following the custom in football, there's always lots of uncertainty until the dust settles.
It's best not to leak anything prematurely, as it could easily backfire.