Arsenal continue with a push for UCL spot in the continuation of EPL as it meets, high flying West Ham
The Arsenal manager told BBC Football Focus that Arsenal have come through a "sensitive period" of financing the construction of the Emirates Stadium.Wenger said: "What people forget is you have to build a new stadium."Now we can compete for the best players and that was not the case five years ago."Wenger, who has been Arsenal manager since 1996, has guided the Gunners to three Premier League titles and five FA Cup wins.They went nine years without winning a trophy before lifting the FA Cup in 2014.
Wenger's Arsenal roll of honour
FA Premier League wins: 1997/98, 2001/02, 2003/04 (unbeaten)FA Cup wins: 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014That period saw Manchester United joined by Chelsea and Manchester City in dominating the race for Premier League title.Wenger said he turned down job opportunities to instead oversee Arsenal's transition either side of their move from Highbury to the Emirates in 2006."I went with the club for the challenge of building a new stadium without dropping out of the Champions League and we made it every year," he added."I feel that I have done my job in a very committed and faithful way. In 20 years it will be acknowledged that was a very sensitive period for the club. Today the club is in a strong position.
The Arsenal manager told BBC Football Focus that Arsenal have come through a "sensitive period" of financing the construction of the Emirates Stadium.Wenger said: "What people forget is you have to build a new stadium."Now we can compete for the best players and that was not the case five years ago."Wenger, who has been Arsenal manager since 1996, has guided the Gunners to three Premier League titles and five FA Cup wins.They went nine years without winning a trophy before lifting the FA Cup in 2014.
Wenger's Arsenal roll of honour
FA Premier League wins: 1997/98, 2001/02, 2003/04 (unbeaten)FA Cup wins: 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014That period saw Manchester United joined by Chelsea and Manchester City in dominating the race for Premier League title.Wenger said he turned down job opportunities to instead oversee Arsenal's transition either side of their move from Highbury to the Emirates in 2006."I went with the club for the challenge of building a new stadium without dropping out of the Champions League and we made it every year," he added."I feel that I have done my job in a very committed and faithful way. In 20 years it will be acknowledged that was a very sensitive period for the club. Today the club is in a strong position.
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