Arsène Wenger. Arsenal
The figures of Arsenal and Manchester United were honored this Wednesday.
Legendary Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. The Frenchman features in it alongside longtime rival Sir Alex Ferguson, with the pair becoming the first managers to receive the League’s highest individual honour. “ Arsene’s 22 seasons at the helm of our team is a Premier League record. He won the title three times and made history in 2003/04 when the Invincibles went unbeaten for the entire campaign. Arriving in 1996 as one of English football’s first foreign managers, his impact was instantaneous and remarkable. He raised the bar with a groundbreaking philosophy and commitment to attractive, attacking football, and won his first league title in 1997/98, at the end of his first full season with us. “Recalls the site of a club he led for 828 Premier League matches (including 476 wins and 199 draws).
Arsène Wenger was voted manager of the season in 1998, 2002 and 2004.
The French crossed swords for fifteen years with Sir Alex, who arrived during the 1992-1993 season, remained 26 years at the head of “ManU“, who, before him, had not been champion of England since 1967. The coach who has the most titles in the history of the Premier League (13) retired in 2013.
«Such recognition is an honorsaid the former coach, now 81. “But it’s not just about me as a person. It is also the reward for the work done at Manchester United, the bond created throughout these years. I am proud for the club, the coaches and my players».
«Sharing all this with Sir Alex is a great honor for me, underlined Arsène Wenger. We are like two boxers. We fought and we traveled together. In the end, there is respect. It will be an opportunity to meet up, drink good wine and remember our old fights.».
