Arsene Wenger may head to PSG and Chris Hughton believes modern game is easier
Arsenal’s French manager Arsene Wenger has not closed the door on a possible move to Paris St Germain before he decides to end his managerial career. The man also known as the “Professor” recently put pen to paper on a new contract at the Emirates that
would see him stay in charge of Arsenal till the end of 2014 season. But he made it clear that after Arsenal he will definitely be moving out of England, and a move to the French club PSG is a possibility.
While talking to a newspaper he was asked if he will one day be willing to go to PSG. The 60 year old replied that it sure is possible, but it is not certain whether he will be going there as a manager or in some other capacity.
Arsene Wenger said: "PSG is the only club in the world to exist in a pool of 10million people with no competition.
"But in Paris they believe that a simple change of coach can solve their problems.
Arsene Wenger since coming to Arsenal has been a great success, but lately his managerial style and his tactics have been under the hammer. The Frenchman who led Arsenal to multiple leagues and FA cup titles has not been able to bring any piece of silverware
to the club since 2005; that is a big reason why number of big names from his team decided to leave. It was only this summer that he hung on with his teeth to his most prized possession, his team captain Cesc Fabregas. Barcelona tried everything in their power
to lure the Spanish world cup winning midfielder to Camp Nou and Cesc had also shown interest, but Wenger convinced his player to stay. Fabregas is not the only man who has been frustrated by lack of trophies at Arsenal. In last few years players like Thierry
Henry and club’s former captain Patrick Viera also left in search of trophies.
When Wenger was asked to justify the long drought of trophies at Arsenal, he replied it’s an ongoing process, and the club is getting better every season. Wenger said that every club in England spends millions to improve but Arsenal doesn’t. Wenger said
if the club is improving without spending 200 million Euros a year he has no worries.
Meanwhile another Premier League manager Chris Hughton, the boss of Newcastle United has said that the modern game has changed significantly compared to when he was a player himself. Hughton said that many people complain that it is very physical but the
fact is that in his playing days, it was much more physical and challenging. He added that there used to be ugly tackles coming from almost every direction, but with the technology and cameras present in each match nowadays it is not the same.
Newcastle player Hatem Ben Arfa was on the receiving end of a bad tackle couple of weeks back, in a match against Manchester City. Ben Arfa ended up with a broken leg but the manager insisted that no player would do harm to another intentionally, and these
sort of things happen in the game.
The challenge on Ben Arfa was made by the Dutch international Nigel De Jong; at that moment the match referee Martin Atkinson did not even acknowledge the challenge as a foul. That became a big talking point after the match, but Hughton managed to give the
benefit of doubt to the referee and said that sometimes an official can miss something. He added that they are only human and they should be cut some slack as well.
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