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Wenger not tempted to spend

Author: Brandon Barker
Date: 30/09/2009
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is not tempted to sign any new players despite the Gunners reporting record earnings for the last financial year.

The frugal Frenchman is believed to have up to £80million to spend should he require, but insists he has no immediate plans to head into the transfer market.

Wenger is happy with the 'world-class' players he currently has at his disposal and is in no rush to spend any of the club's recently announced £35million after tax profits.

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Elsewhere, Manchester City striker Robinho is still three weeks away from returning from injury.

Robinho has missed City's last four games with an ankle ligament injury picked up on international duty with Brazil earlier in the month.

The £32.5million British record signing was believed to be on the verge of making his return to first-team action, but manager Mark Hughes has now revealed the former Real Madrid star is likely to be sidelined until the middle of October.

In cricket, Batsman Eoin Morgan has been handed an incremental contract by the ECB following his impressive recent displays in England's one-day international side.

The 23-year-old left-hander has impressed in the opening two games of the ICC Champions Trophy, making 62 not out against Sri Lanka before adding 67 against hosts South Africa.

Irishman Morgan has played in ten ODIs for sportsbook dark horses England to date, having made his debut against the West Indies in May this year.

Meanwhile, managing director of England Cricket Hugh Morris has admitted that a below-strength side may head to Bangladesh early next year.

With a packed international schedule beginning to take its toll, Morris accepts that resting senior players is an option.

In rugby league, Lesley Vainikolo is hoping to put his off-field troubles behind him after charges of causing grievous bodily harm against the Gloucester wing were dropped.

The 30-year-old former rugby league star was informed on Tuesday that the Crown Prosecution Service had decided to drop the charges relating to an allegation of punching a man outside a Bath nightclub in October 2008.

A jury at Bristol Crown Court failed to reach a verdict during a trial earlier this month and the CPS has now confirmed that it will not seek a retrial.

Team principal Ross Brawn has pledged complete openness between team-mates Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello as the race for the Formula One world championship builds to a climax.

Championship leader Button holds a 15-point lead over his Brazilian team-mate with three races remaining in the season.

There have been suggestions of Brawn favouring Button after Barrichello suffered with mechanical problems in Singapore last weekend.

However, Brawn insists that both of his drivers are operating from a level playing field.

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