Wenger’s 12 Glorious Years
There isn’t much to say about Arsene Wenger and his tenure at Arsenal that hasn’t already been said. He’s overseen an unbeaten domestic season, helped mastermind the move from Highbury to Asburton Grove and delivered awesome double winning seasons.
He’s also the second foreign manager in history to be inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame. He’s even had an asteroid named after him.
Wengers impact can also be measured by the great players he has brought to the club such as Henry, Fabregas and Viera and those he has helped rejuvinate under a strict diet and training regime (Adams, Bergkamp etc).
Arsenal managed to go ten games without conceding in the champions league of 2005-06 - with a defence that cost just £5m to assemble and along with clever deals like selling want-aways David Bentley (the scroat), Cashley Hole and Nicola Anelka and astounding purchases (Fabregas, £500k), Wengers even turned the big money game on its head.
Arsene hasn’t just changed the club, he’s grabbed it, reshaped it and given it new life and will continue to do so as long as he stays with us. Here’s to the next 12 years.
Filed by Kieran at October 1st, 2008 under Football