Arsenal legend Arsene Wenger has ‘no sympathy’ for Manchester City

Arsene Wenger FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development (Photo by Matthew Ashton - AMA/Getty Images)
Arsene Wenger FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development (Photo by Matthew Ashton - AMA/Getty Images) /
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Footage has emerged of Arsene Wenger from 2020. The Arsenal manager got it spot on with Manchester City’s current situation…

The hot topic of conversation at this moment in time in Manchester City and the investigation into the club which includes them breaching financial rules. Arsenal legend Arsene Wenger has had a lot to say on the matter, showing that he is still passionate about Arsenal and reminisces on both the good and bad times there.

Now working for FIFA as their Chief of Global Football Development, it will take an army to separate Wenger from the game he loves most. He is the most successful manager in Arsenal history and the person largely responsible for current boss Mikel Arteta’s love of the game.

Arsene Wenger had already predicted that the downfall of Manchester City and other money-orientated clubs would come, back in 2012.

But a more recent interview from 2020 has now risen to popularity all over again, and it’s truly telling of Wenger’s thoughts on modern-day football. In a brilliant FFP interview, Arsene Wenger claims that he has no sympathy for Manchester City because they “bought all my players”.

And he’s not wrong. The most notable of those players is Samir Nasri, who became an Arsenal villain after nurturing under Arsene as a youngster.

Say what you want about Arsene in the final years of his management career, he is a breath of fresh air in modern football. Arsene has always held the idea that football should not become a business, and he materialised this by prioritising developing youth products rather than signing big-money players while he was at Arsenal.

One of the main criticisms of football in this day and age is that it’s far too money-centred. Rich clubs win trophies by spending far more than smaller clubs could spend, inflating the market and making it difficult for teams in lower divisions to make it up.

With that being said, I am absolutely of the belief that Manchester City should be punished. They have broken rules and they shouldn’t be given any option of buying their way out of a punishment. Let’s make football fair again.

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