In a long interview with Le Parisien newspaper on Thursday, former Arsenal coach Arsne Wenger spoke about his relationship with football and his desire to get back to business. Not as a coach, but in another function. In this sense, the Alsatian notably denied discussions with Paris Saint-Germain.
Arsne Wenger may not have said goodbye to professional pitches.
Since leaving Arsenal in the summer of 2018, after 22 years of good and loyal service, Arsne Wenger has not been directly on the football pitch. Hired by FIFA as director of the development of world football, the Alsatian carries out a work of undermining to defend the interests of the round ball.
But has the French technician definitely given up on the idea of working with a club again, or even a selection? Absolutely not !
The pitch misses Wenger
During an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien on Thursday, the Strasbourg resident deciphered his relationship to football and his motivation, failing to make it an obsession, to return to service. But not as a coach this time, rather in a different role, in the management of a sports structure in particular. In a position of sports director or general probably.
It tickles me all the time. We are never completely healed. We are addicted all our life. (…) Living the sport of high competition, the quest for results still interests me. Even if it may not be directly on the field… Being part of a group that has to win interests me, conceded the Strasbourgeois. 72 years old, Wenger sets no limits. Not even that of working with a selection. We can imagine everything. Getting results, guiding a club still interests me, assured the one who had officiated in the past in Japan.
PSG, a pure and simple invention
On the other hand, Wenger, who keeps abreast of the rumors, took the opportunity to deny discussions with Paris Saint-Germain, in the event of seeing him land in a role of sporting director alongside Zindine Zidane as coach. . This is pure and simple invention. Even if I have very good relations with PSG, explained the legend of the Gunners, without going into details.
If he does not close the door to PSG, which could offer him a position in line with his ambitions, the former Mongasque coach (1987-1994) assures that there is, in the state, no concrete contact with the capital club. Whatever happens, one of the monuments of French football in the eyes of England and the world has not completely moved on with football.
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