“No matter how much money you earn, you can only eat three meals a day and sleep in one bed.”
On Nicolas Anelka, (July 1999) http://archive.is/20130109094446/markarbouine.tripod.com/quotes/quotes3.htm
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Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal (1 December 2007) http://www.soccerway.com/news/2007/December/01/premiership-rivals-will-struggle-against-us-says-wenger/
Interviews
“But there are not many players in the world who will make a real difference.”
Joint Interview with The Times and Daily Mail (2009)
Contexte: 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.
On José Mourinho, (November 2005) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/4398238.stm
Contexte: He's out of order, disconnected with reality and disrespectful. When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes and not more intelligent.
Tottenham 2-2 Arsenal (25 April 2004) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3650757.stm
Interviews
“They [Chelsea] are a financially doped club.”
The phrase 'financial doping', first used by Wenger in a press conference on the eve of the 125th FA Cup final. (21 May 2005) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article524819.ece
Attributed
Contexte: They [Chelsea] are a financially doped club. They have enhancement of performances through financial resources which are unlimited. It puts pressure on the market that is not very healthy. They can go to Steven Gerrard or Rio Ferdinand and say ‘how much do you earn? We’ll give you twice as much’. I don’t know if there is anything we can do to stop it.
“It's like a child who is used to having ice cream whenever he wants.”
Crystal Palace 1-1 Arsenal (6 November 2004) http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2004/nov/08/match.sport10?INTCMP=SRCH
Interviews
Contexte: It's like a child who is used to having ice cream whenever he wants. When it doesn't come when he asks he tends to get confused and nervous.
“This guy should never play football again. What is he doing on the football pitch?”
Martin Taylor, who injured Arsenal striker Eduardo. (23 February 2008) http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/feb/23/newsstory.birminghamcityfc
Contexte: This guy should never play football again. What is he doing on the football pitch? I've gone along with the idea for a long time that to stop Arsenal, you have to kick Arsenal. I knew that was coming for a long time now.
“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'
Contexte: 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?
“I could not leave this team at this stage of their development.”
Joint Interview with The Times and Daily Mail (2009)
Contexte: I want to go to the end of my job here. I built this team, I want to deliver with this team and I feel if I left I would have in some way betrayed my own beliefs. It is as simple as that. It was nothing to do with what Real Madrid has done. It was about Arsenal. I have a project here that I started three or four years ago and I want to reach the end of it. I could not leave this team at this stage of their development.
“When I see Barcelona, to me it is art.”
Joint Interview with The Times and Daily Mail (2009)
Contexte: At the end of the day, I ask you: who is the most successful team in the world? Brazil. What do they play? Good football. Who won everything last year? Barcelona. What do they play? Lovely football. I am not against being pragmatic because to be pragmatic is to make a good pass, not a bad pass. It is as simple as that. When I see Barcelona, to me it is art.
“Politically, I am for efficiency. Economically first.”
Joint Interview with The Times and Daily Mail (2009)
Contexte: Politically, I am for efficiency. Economically first. Until the 1980s the world was divided into two, people were either communist or capitalist. The communist model does not work economically, we all realised that, but the capitalist model in the modern world also looks to be unsustainable. You cannot ignore individual interests, but I believe the world evolves slowly. The last 30 years have brought a minimum amount of money for everybody in the west, the next step, politically, would be a maximum amount of money earned by everybody.
(2008) http://news.arseblog.com/2014/03/arsene-wenger-at-1000-in-stats-and-quotes/
Arsenal (1996–present)
Contexte: If I go into a season and I say, ‘For fuck’s sake, if we don’t win anything, they will all leave,’ I have already lost. The problem of the media is always to imagine the worst. The problem of the manager is always to imagine the best.
On Arsenal's famous back four, (1997)
Quotations from the Public Comments of Arsene Wenger: Manager, Arsenal Football Club (2005)
Arsenal 4-2 Liverpool (9 April 2004) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3606745.stm
Interviews
On Arsenal's summer, (2011) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/14859401
Arsenal (1996–present)
“In England, football is important for everybody.”
22 November 1996
Quotations from the Public Comments of Arsene Wenger: Manager, Arsenal Football Club (2005)
“We do not buy superstars. We make them.”
(2007) http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8750_5643990,00.html
Arsenal (1996–present)
On Paul Scholes, (August 2010) http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/21/paul-scholes-unfair-arsene-wenger
On Lionel Messi, (7 April 2010) http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/apr/07/barcelona-arsenal-lionel-messi
“Despite the global warming, England is still not warm enough for him.”
José Antonio Reyes, (July 2007) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/6900962.stm
“I am still hopeful we can go through the season unbeaten - a frightening thought.”
On his team's performances (2002) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2999849.stm
Arsenal (1996–present)
On Ryan Giggs, (2009) http://www.insideworldsoccer.com/2009/12/ryan-giggs-player-of-decade.html
Detailing his philosophy, (2007) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/6366009.stm
Arsenal (1996–present)
(2010) http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/wenger-hopes-record-profits-prove-his-wisdom-2089020.html
Arsenal (1996–present)
“My job is to give people who work hard all week something to enjoy on Saturdays and Wednesdays.”
6 February 2004
Quotations from the Public Comments of Arsene Wenger: Manager, Arsenal Football Club (2005)
In response to Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement u-turn, (February 2002) http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20020210/ai_n12837467/
The word 'footballistically' (8 May 2002) http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/2244/
Attributed
“The penalty decision was Old Traffordish.”
Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal (29 August 2009) http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrischarles/2009/12/quotes_of_the_year_2009.html
Interviews
Ryan Shawcross after injuring Aaron Ramsey. (28 February 2010) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/arsenal/article7043736.ece
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