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My Life in Red and White: The Sunday Times Number One Bestselling Autobiography

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Another was to identify good players he could turn into great ones (the George Weah example Pangloss quotes above is an example). He changed the game in England forever, popularising an attacking approach and changing attitudes towards nutrition, fitness and coaching methods - and towards foreign managers. The biography builds up some of the personal details of the life and history of such an influential figure, not only for Arsenal but also for his management in Japan and France. I wanted to know more about HIM and his philosophies of life, beyond just his players and football relationships. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.It was a relatively short book for such a full career , it could be 200 pages longer but he still wouldn’t provide us with the behind the scenes stuff we crave. He talks of his early years at Strasberg with affection and talks of how he saw this as a "laboratory of football" in which he honed his style.

Yet when we signed Arshavin and Ozil, Wenger apparently changed his mind both times at the last minute and the deals were driven by Gazidis. Why were the defenders who apparently should have been replaced in 1997 still winning titles five years later? There’s a nice story about George Weah, who was recommended to Wenger while he was playing in Cameroon. Afterwards, Wenger asked his father what they’d been talking about and received the reply, in effect, “No idea, I could hardly understand a word he was saying”. Wenger’s love for the game is obvious (“What matters to me are the game and the men, those moments of grace that football offers to those who love it and give it their all”) as is his detestation of defeat.

Many Arsenal fans, and I suspect fans of most clubs, hail new signings as conquering heroes, only too frequently to discover that they have feet of clay (sometimes almost literally). It will paint an intriguing story of the early life of Wenger, how he grew up in rural Alsace, in the east of France.

Being one of the most influential figures in world football, Wenger won multiple Premier League titles, a record number of FA Cups, and masterminded Arsenal's historic 'Invincibles' season of 2003-2004 and 49-match unbeaten run. He reflects on Arsenal's astonishing domestic triumphs and bittersweet European campaigns; signing - and selling - some of the world's most talented players; moving the Gunners to their new home, the Emirates Stadium; and the unrest that led to his departure in 2018 and subsequent role as Chief of Global Football Development for FIFA. The opening chapters of what is a surprisingly short book, about Wenger’s childhood and playing days, are elegiac and rather moving: he grew up in Alsace, in a village with three blacksmiths, where the local farmers used horses rather than tractors. The book is a real missed opportunity, a deeply disappointing effort and its hard not to see it as a cynical cash-in.We get our first glimpse of Wenger’s legendarily all-consuming relationship with football when he reviews his coaching roles at RC Strasbourg and AS Nancy. There really is only one Arsène Wenger, and for the very first time, in his own words, this is his story! I want to talk about his art, his philosophy, about the man who has no right claiming as much as love and respect in my heart and space in my life when we’ve never met and might never meet. At Monaco, his last job in Europe before Arsenal, he discovered George Weah, once the greatest player in the world, now president of Liberia, and won the French league in his first season. How do you circle your arms around a 22-year career; how, more importantly, can you crystallise the essence of a person’s impact on you when it is as lasting and as potent as this one?

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