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And here are the highlights from the boss’ last 👇
And here are the highlights from the boss’ last 👇
“Personally, I expect today will be dominated by sadness. It’s the end of a long story for me at Arsenal. But I will also feel grateful for having led this club - that I cherish so much - for such a long time.”
#MerciArsène 1/8
#MerciArsène 1/8
“I tried to commit completely, for so many years, to make people happy and I wish just that people who love this club will be happy in the future and get what they really want and love.”
#MerciArsène 2/8
#MerciArsène 2/8
Arsene Wenger by John Cross.
To understand the job Arsene Wenger has done, you first need to understand the club he was walking into back in 1996. And only then can you begin to appreciate the scale of his achievement and the transformation he has made.
To understand the job Arsene Wenger has done, you first need to understand the club he was walking into back in 1996. And only then can you begin to appreciate the scale of his achievement and the transformation he has made.
Arsenal were looking for a new manager after one of the most turbulent periods in the club’s history. George Graham, a member of Arsenal’s 1971 Double-winning team, was sacked in February 1995 after a bung scandal, following revelations that he had taken unsolicited payments.
But his nine-year reign ended in disgrace and finished with a team in decline, a difficult dressing room run by egos, and a squad used to playing dull football which had revelled in the fans’ chant: ‘One-nil to the Arsenal.’
