Wenger admits staying ‘too long’ in Arsenal job
October 3, 2020
Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admits he may’ve stayed in the job too long.
Wenger left the Gunners in 2018 after a 22-year spell in charge which returned three Premier League titles, seven FA Cups, a Champions League final appearance and a new stadium.
“Maybe I stayed too long,” he told The Times. “I don’t know. But I was committed like on the first day.
“I think I guided the club through the most difficult period in a very successful way.
“At some stage people say you’re too old, but they don’t really look at what you do. I served the club as much as I could.
“The supporters were not happy any more. Some of them. You can understand that, at some stage, 22 years, people want a change.”
Wenger admits he wasn’t offered an board role at the club.
He said: “I don’t know (why he was not offered a place on the board). I always said I would still play a part in the club, but I could understand that at the start it’s better that we take a complete distance.
“It was difficult at the start, of course, after leading my club as long as I did, but I thought it’s better to follow from a distance.”
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