“Leo Messi es como un jugador de Playstation. Es claramente el mejor del mundo.”
Fuente: The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/apr/07/barcelona-arsenal-lionel-messi, 7 de abril de 2010.
Arsène Wenger, OBE honoraria , es un exfutbolista, entrenador y economista francés.
En el Arsenal, con su trayectoria fue el entrenador más veterano del club y el de mayor éxito, después de haber llevado al Arsenal a ganar 6 títulos desde 1996, para hacer un total de 15 a lo largo de la historia del equipo. Expertos del fútbol dan crédito a Wenger por su contribución para la subversión del fútbol en Inglaterra a finales de 1990, a través de la introducción de cambios en el entrenamiento y la dieta de los jugadores. Aunque no posee una extensa vitrina de títulos como director técnico del Arsenal, es reconocido por seguidores y detractores como uno de los mejores visionarios de jóvenes talentos en el mundo del fútbol, así como su intachable gestión económica al frente del club de Londres, que le ha valido una estabilidad financiera y económica en medio de una liga dominada por equipos con capitales económicos mucho mayores.
Wenger nació en Estrasburgo, Francia y fue criado en Duttlenheim. Fue introducido al fútbol por su padre, el mánager del equipo local de la aldea. Después de una carrera como jugador modesto, en el que hizo varias apariciones para clubes de aficionados, Wenger obtuvo el título de entrenador en 1981. Después de un período infructuoso en el Nancy, que culminó con su despido en 1987, se unió al AS Monaco, club con el que ganó el campeonato de liga en el 1988. En 1991, Wenger guio a la victoria en Mónaco el Coupe de France, pero su incapacidad para recuperar el título de liga en las temporadas posteriores llevaron a su salida del club por consentimiento mutuo en 1994.[2] Entrenó brevemente, en la J. League japonesa, al Nagoya Grampus Eight, donde ganó la Copa del Emperador y la Supercopa de Japón durante su estancia.[3]
En 1996, fue nombrado director técnico del Arsenal, y dos años más tarde ganó el doblete Liga y FA Cup.[4] Él llevó al Arsenal a apariciones en el Final de la Copa de la UEFA 1999-2000 y final de la FA Cup en 2001, y una segunda Liga y la Copa en 2002.[5] Arsenal retuvo la Copa FA en 2003 y un año más tarde recuperó el título de Liga, convirtiéndose en el primer club en ganar la liga toda la temporada invicto desde Preston North End, 115 años antes. El equipo más tarde eclipsaría al Nottingham Forest y su récord de 42 partidos de liga invicto sobre siete partidos de más, antes de perder en octubre de 2004. Arsenal hizo su primera aparición en una final de Champions League en 2006, aunque perdieron ante el Barcelona. En 2012, el club se clasificó para una 15.ª temporada consecutiva en la Liga de Campeones, a pesar de su peor inicio de temporada en 58 años. Durante su mandato, el Arsenal se mudó a un nuevo centro de formación y se trasladó al Emirates Stadium en agosto de 2006, después de 93 años en Highbury.
El apodo de "Le Professeur" es utilizado por los aficionados y los medios de comunicación británicos para reflejar el comportamiento estudioso de Wenger. Su acercamiento al juego hace hincapié en una mentalidad de ataque, con el objetivo de que el fútbol debe ser entretenido en el campo. Los equipos de Wenger son a menudo criticados por su falta de disciplina, sus jugadores recibieron 80 tarjetas rojas entre septiembre de 1996 y octubre de 2010, aunque el equipo ha ganado premios por deportividad . En Mónaco, Wenger ganó una gran reputación para detectar el talento joven, y él se ha concentrado en el desarrollo de un deporte formativo, sus clubes desarrollan jugadores jóvenes en lugar de comprar los caros y con experiencia. Ha sido criticado por seguir de cerca a sus principios, y los expertos de fútbol han cuestionado su ambición de ganar trofeos.
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“Leo Messi es como un jugador de Playstation. Es claramente el mejor del mundo.”
Fuente: The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/apr/07/barcelona-arsenal-lionel-messi, 7 de abril de 2010.
“Nosotros no compramos superestrellas. Nosotros las hacemos.”
Fuente: http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8750_5643990,00.html (Septiembre de 2007)
“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
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)
Contexto: 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
Contexto: 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
Contexto: 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
Contexto: 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
Contexto: 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'
Contexto: 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)
Contexto: 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)
Contexto: 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)
Contexto: 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)
Contexto: 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