Arsène Wenger Quotes

I told you last week that the race was not over when the bookmakers stopped betting. Surprise, surprise, they have started taking money again.

I liked the pitch, I liked the referee, I did not like Paul Scholes' tackles.

The penalty decision was Old Traffordish.

If you eat caviar every day it's difficult to return to sausages.

My job is to give people who work hard all week something to enjoy on Saturdays and Wednesdays.

Gérard [Houllier's] thoughts on the matter echo mine. He thinks that what the national coaches are doing is like taking the car from his garage without even asking permission. They will then use the car for ten days and abandon it in a field without any petrol left in the tank. We then have to recover it, but it is broken down. Then a month later they will come to take your car again, and for good measure you're expected to be nice about it.

When I first came to Arsenal, I realised the back four were all university graduates in the art of defending. As for Tony Adams, I consider him to be a doctor of defence. He is simply outstanding.

The speed at which we moved the ball in small spaces and our quality was superb. We played the ball through needles and it was very difficult for Aston Villa.

For managers such big scores don’t have any meaning, whether you win 5-0 or you lose 5-0. You’re elated (with such a victory) but ‘footballistically’ it does not show the real difference between teams.

We were considering him (Ruud van Nistelrooy) and Francis Jeffers and, in the end, we went for Jeffers.

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.

What would I do if Alex wasn't around? I would have no one to keep me on my toes or to fight. So of course I am pleased he changed his mind. I enjoy our rivalry. It is good for Arsenal, good for Manchester United and good for both of us.

Nobody will finish above us in the league. It wouldn't surprise me if we were to go unbeaten for the whole of the season.

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.

Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home.