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Arsenal Boss Arsene Wenger Explains His Decision To Snub Real Madrid

The Frenchman states the reasoning behind his loyalty to his project with the Gunners...

Jun 30, 2009 4:06:48 PM

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger watches on in frustration as his team lose to Manchester United in the Champions League

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Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger watches on in frustration as his team lose to Manchester United in the Champions League

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Arsene Wenger has long been a managerial candidate at the head of various Real Madrid shortlists, and speculation linking the Arsenal boss with the post at the historical heavyweights once again rose to the fore this summer, only for the Frenchman to quell the notion by reiterating his loyalty to the Gunners.

Wenger said that he feels the project that is underway at Arsenal is of his own creation, and that he may not receive such freedom at other clubs to instil his own ethic into the team, the club and the facilities as a whole.

It is alleged that Wenger even designed the smallest facets of the club's new Emirates Stadium, including curved changing-rooms that follow Feng Shui guidelines.

"Real Madrid is a football-oriented show, but there is another dimension in this game: the success of building a team with a style, a knowledge, a culture of your own game at a club with young people," Wenger is reported to have told the press today.

"This project [at Arsenal] is in construction and I want to see it through to the end. My enjoyment comes from seeing us play football like that."

Alan Dawson, Goal.com