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  Former Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has been linked with the post of national team manager for Qatar. That is according to France Football who report that the hosts of the 2022 World Cup would like the 69-year old Frenchman to take over and lead them into the tournament which will be held on home soil in three years time. ...

Wenger has been enjoying an extended break from football since stepping down as Arsenal manager in June, and has taken the chance to get involved in a number of activities, including being a pundit at the World Cup, attending and playing in various charity matches, and travelling to Liberia, where former player and now president George Weah, gave him the ...

Arsene Wenger in Words Introduction When the new Premier League season kicked off on the 10th of August, one familiar figure was missing from the line-up of new and old faces, as English football entered the post Arsene Wenger era. For Arsenal fans in particular, especially the younger ones who have known no other manager, they will have to get ...

So what do you do when a corporation goes through a crisis? Call an experienced hand. Right? And if that experienced hand is already familiar with the ins and outs of the said corporation all the better. If Arsenal are a corporation – and let’s not fool ourselves, all modern clubs are money-making corporations – then they have just the ...

Socrates The legendary Brazilian midfielder was renowned not just for his silky skills on the football pitch but also his philosophical musings about all that was happening around the world, and especially in his home country. The cerebral captain famously introduced a democratic system of decision making at his club Corinthians, where everyone from top players to the kit man ...

Pep Guardiola – Jose Mourinho Two of the most acclaimed managers in modern football will renew their rivalry in the Premier League this season. The Manchester United boss will have an upper hand owing to his extensive working experience in English football, while Guardiola might take some time to settle in the fast-paced league. However, there can be no doubt ...

Valeriy Lobanovskyi The legendary Soviet-Ukrainian manager did a great deal to bring new ideas to the beautiful game. He famously treated football as a system of 22 elements, having two sub-systems of 11 elements each, moving in a confined space and subject to a series of restrictions. If at the end of the 90 minutes, the two systems were evenly ...