Hill-Wood sticks to his guns

Gunners supremo slams greedy culture

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Hill-Wood sticks to his guns

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Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has hit out at the greed of footballers and says the club will never give into players' demands.

The Gunners supremo has backed his club's continued hard-line stance over wages amid the usual summer maelstrom of pay demands and transfer requests.

Full-back Bacary Sagna has signed an improved deal just a year after arriving at Emirates Stadium, with star midfielder Cesc Fabregas set to follow, while Emmanuel Adebayor has also been the subject of recent reports claiming he is after improved terms.

Mathieu Flamini meanwhile quit the club for Milan last month, with wages reputedly a major factor in his exit.

However, Hill-Wood says the club will not break their wage structure to meet players' demands.

"Nowadays, a lot of people sign four-year contracts and you heave a sigh of relief. Six months later they come marching in saying they want double the wages," Hill-Wood told the Daily Star.

Chaotic

"The only answer is to tell them they are on that contract and that's it. Unless you do that, the game will become chaotic and descend into anarchy.

"I think there are very few people who have really got the tradition of the club at heart. You can name them on one hand. Actually I can't name them on one hand and that's a great pity."