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Football team manager

Arsene Wenger, born on October 22, 1949, is a renowned football coach known for his innovative tactical philosophy and exceptional coaching abilities. He joined Arsenal FC in 1987, transforming from a player to a coach and beginning his legendary career in English football. Under his leadership, Arsenal achieved numerous honors, including three Premier League titles, seven FA Cups, and two UEFA Cups. Wenger's promotion of technical football has had a profound impact on the development of modern football, and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches in football history.

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“Unfortunately apparently I am to blame because I don't produce enough English players.”

Enough Player Produce England Blame

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“As a non-Arsenal player I would say Ryan Giggs is my Premier League player of the decade because he has combined style with winning. Also I feel sorry he could never attend the World Cup, somewhere where people get a lot of compliments when they do well.”

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“You ask me: 'Was he a fair player?' I say: 'No, I'm sorry, for me he was not a fair player.' I just think I respect him highly as a quality player. I did not like some things he did on the football pitch and I have the right to say that. It's not because you are older, suddenly, that you are a saint.”

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“Spare me the articles about how nice Shawcross is because that was a horrendous tackle. People say we don't fancy the physical side of it, but this is the result. If you see a player getting injured like that, it's not acceptable.”

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“I have only been here since 1996 but between 1966 and 1996 England had thirty years without foreign players and didn't win any more competitions in that time.”

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“English players are as easy to coach. The problem is that the Premier League has the best players in the world, and statistically not all of them can be born in England. But we don't have enough English players: we are working very hard on it.”

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“The best football players in the world still earn very little money compared to people who really earn money.”

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“The real revelation of a player's character is not in his social life but in how he plays. In my social life I can hide my real personality.”

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“For a while, you could decide when you loan the player out whether he plays against you or not, and I always decided that he could play against us. But I must say I didn't get any protection from the media because when the player I loaned out scored against us, it's 'aaahhh, look at him, stupid...'”

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“Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.”

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“At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.”

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“I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport. You can win in different ways, by being more of a team, or by having better individual players. It is the team ethic that interests me, always.”

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“I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region.”

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“Sometimes I see it [a foul by an Arsenal player], but I say that I didn’t see it to protect the players and because I could not find any rational explanation for what they did.”

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“Who is the Best Player in the World? Leo Messi. Who is the Best Player Ever? Leo Messi!”

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“You build a player like you build a house. You start with the foundations. The fundamentals.”

House Player Like You Foundation Fundamentals

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“I think generally the Japanese players have more intensity in practice but generally I do the same things.”

Thinking Practice Player Intensity

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“As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.”

Player Influence Coaches Diets

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“It is one of my biggest regrets that Niall Quinn was not here during my time... I felt he was an intelligent player. It would have been a good combination with Thierry Henry. What I like with Quinn is if you look at the player who played next to him, he always scored 40 goals because he had a hand for his head and he just put the ball where you were. He was a team player. A top-class player makes other players look good and he had that player.”

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About the Author

Born: October 22, 1949
Known for: Football team manager
Quotes: 117

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