However, as Wenger remarked recently, more madness grips the game despite the introduction of Uefa's financial fair play regulations.
Roman Abramovich will presumably seek to supply new manager José Mourinho with reinforcements, even though this club still aspire to comply comfortably with financial fair play regulations.
Liverpool are comfortable with Uefa's investigation into a possible breach of the financial fair play regulations because they support the system, according to their manager Brendan Rodgers.
Despite the Champions League's financial fair play regulations, matches (especially in the knockout stages) are often dull because no matter what happens, the same teams end up winning.
The financial fair play regulations have been expanded and strengthened with the intention of attracting new investors as well as ensuring financial stability, Uefa claims.
Last week, Krasnodar were one of seven clubs that Uefa announced were to be investigated for possible breaches of financial fair play regulations.
Several plaintiffs had challenged the city's "pay to play" regulations in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan in 2008.
Five years after promising to usher in a new era of prudence for European football the Uefa president, Michel Platini, is poised to relax its financial fair play regulations after conceding they risk impeding the game's growth.
There remains the potential for the Football League to impose a considerable fine, potentially in excess of £50m, for breaches of financial fair play regulations held over from their promotion season.
The Lancashire club's well-publicised debt situation, added to the impact of financial fair play regulations, means Lennon's experiences with the likes of Victor Wanyama, Fraser Forster and Gary Hooper would have been highly pertinent in their thinking.
