ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger bows out at Huddersfield today after 22 years in charge of the Gunners.
Here, our team of SunSport football reporters look back at his career and pick out their favourite memories of the Frenchman both on the touchline and behind the scenes.
Arsene Wenger arrived from Japan in 1996 as a relative unknown
From his dry wit and enduring good manners to informal chats in airports and after press conferences — there was never a dull moment.
SEEING Fratton Park give the Invincibles a standing ovation after Portsmouth were thrashed 5-1 in the FA Cup was unforgettable.
Also, standing next to Arsene at Heathrow after Euro 2004. He said: “I hear you’re getting married.”
I confirmed the wedding was two weeks away.
FOR the first ten or so years of his Arsenal reign, the press had post-press conference briefings with Wenger.
That was when we really got to know him — what made him tick, his likes and dislikes, his dry wit and self-deprecating sense of humour.
Only the other day a female journalist reminded me of the time the old charmer started his briefing with “good morning gentlemen and good morning gentle-lady.”
And then there was the time I phoned the office on Wenger’s birthday to be warned: “Get him a cake!” by the sports editor.
Wenger, of course, was not interested in personal landmarks but from then we kept an emergency cake in the office.
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