The opening of Arsenal’s spectacular Emirates Stadium at Ashburton Grove has given the north London club greater financial muscle in the ever increasing Premier League money stakes.The club will aim to claw back the advantage enjoyed by Manchester United and the Russian owned Chelsea, where billionaire Roman Abramovitch writes million pound cheques for fun. The move from Arsenal’s old ground Highbury – their home since 1913 -  was a wrench for some diehard Arsenal supporters, but with a crowd capacity of only 38,419, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger convinced the club that a new home was vital if the club were not to be left behind in the financial pulling power, and attracting world class players to the Gunners. The last ever game at Highbury on May 7^th 2006, saw the Gunners beat Wigan 4-2