Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has defended the club's transfer policy, insisting the Gunners are the financial future of world football. Arsene Wenger's men have have got off to a disastrous start to the Premier League season after seeing Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri quit the club in the summer. The midfield replacements brought in, Mikel Arteta and Yossi Benayoun, did not appear to appease the majority of fans, who are desperate to see Wenger splash out on world class names. But Gazidis says Arsenal will never spend beyond their means to achieve instant success and is adamant the club, who have failed to win a trophy since 2005, will prosper long-term. Gazidis told talkSPORT: “If we continue to see a cycle of constant spending, we will get an environment where it will be difficult to be an owner of a club unless you’re a multi-billionaire who’s prepared to pump hundreds of millions of pounds into the club - and there are not many of those in the world. “You then become left with most clubs being in a very unstable and damaging position and that’s not good for fans or football. “I believe we represent the future of the gameâ€Ivan Gazidis "People who care about the game need to think about these issues and we think they are. UEFA have recognised this and clubs across Europe are looking to get towards a more sustainable and responsible future. That's somewhere Arsenal already are and I believe we represent the future of the game. “We will continue to be focused on a path that will deliver not just success over one year but consistent success over a long period of time for this club, and we have been incredibly successful at doing that. “Everything this club has created and represents it has done itself and didn’t rely on anyone else. It stands on its own two feet as a responsible self-sustaining model that represents the future of football and we’re proud of that. “Other clubs are trying to get to a position of self-sustainability, even the big spenders, and if you’re a responsible thinker about football you have to think about whee the game is going.â€