“But there are not many players in the world who will make a real difference.”
Joint Interview with The Times and Daily Mail (2009)
Context: OK, I’m not against that [spending £100m]. If you have the money and you find the one player who can make you win and make the difference, no matter how expensive he is you should do it. But there are not many players in the world who will make a real difference.
“It's like you wanting to marry Miss World and she doesn't want you, what can I do about it?”
José Antonio Reyes, (2007) http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=412298&lid=NewsHeadline&Title=Wenger+rejects+Atletico's+bid+for+Reyes+as+an+'insult'
Context: It's like you wanting to marry Miss World and she doesn't want you, what can I do about it? I can try to help you, but if she does not want to marry you what can I do?
On Ryan Giggs, (2009) http://www.insideworldsoccer.com/2009/12/ryan-giggs-player-of-decade.html
19 April 1997
Quotations from the Public Comments of Arsene Wenger: Manager, Arsenal Football Club (2005)
“You weren't world class when Arsenal signed you.”
Patrick Vieira, (2004) http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/169064/Its-time-to-buy-top-stars.html
Arsenal (1996–present)