Arsène Wenger releases statement..soccer related

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Arsène Wenger has issued the following statement:


“After careful consideration and following discussions with the club, I feel it is the right time for me to step down at the end of the season.

“I am grateful for having had the privilege to serve the club for so many memorable years.

“I managed the club with full commitment and integrity.

“I want to thank the staff, the players, the Directors and the fans who make this club so special.

“I urge our fans to stand behind the team to finish on a high.

“To all the Arsenal lovers take care of the values of the club.

"My love and support for ever.”

Arsene Wenger

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Stan Kroenke:

Majority owner Stan Kroenke said: “This is one of the most difficult days we have ever had in all our years in sport. One of the main reasons we got involved with Arsenal was because of what Arsène has brought to the club on and off the pitch. His longevity and consistency over such a sustained period at the highest level of the game will never be matched.

“Arsène has unparalleled class and we will always be grateful to him. Everyone who loves Arsenal and everyone who loves football owes him a debt of gratitude. Three Premier League titles, including an entire season unbeaten, seven FA Cup triumphs and 20 successive years in the Champions League is an exceptional record. He has also transformed the identity of our club and of English football with his vision for how the game can be played.

“We have high ambitions to build on Arsène’s remarkable tenure and to honour his vision by ensuring that Arsenal competes for and wins the biggest and most important prizes in the game.

“We must now focus on making a strong finish to the season and ask our millions of fans around the world to join us in paying appropriate tribute to one of the greats of Arsenal’s history and one of the greats of the game.”

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Arsène will lead the team to the end of the season and we will make an appointment as soon as possible. The club will not be making any further comment on the selection process until an appointment is made.


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It's funny when he was bought to Arsenal, the English media didn't know who he was, but I did.:smugfavre: And the media forgets that Hoddle wanted him as the FA technical director when he got the England job back in 96.

Sad times with Wenger going, it's a shame that some Arsenal fans will be celebrating this like they won the CL, as they finally got their way. But yeah he had to go, the product on the pitch had gradually became slapstick, especially this season.

He left the club in a far far better place then when he joined and the club was well run before he came. The turning point is when he lost David Dein as an ally and this is when Wenger began to second guess himself when it came to transfers because he didn't have anyone who he could trust and the more power he got, he didn't have anyone who could check him like Dein would have done, if he didn't get ousted out.

:salute: The man who changed English Football.
 
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I really don't know what to feel.

Honestly tho I'm happy for Wenger. I've wanted him to step for a while now. I just couldn't stand the abuse he was getting from some fans and idiot radio and t.v. personalities.

Get your peace of mind, Wenger. And just enjoy this part of your life.

One of the last people in the game, that sees players as people and not just commodities. He rode hard for his players and stuck by some, even tho it didn't make any sense(Diaby, Rosicky , Carzola etc)

Great man, gonna miss him, but I'm glad, he did the right thing.

Thank you Arsene:salute:
 
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