The Professor: The Biography of Arsene Wenger

by Myles Palmer (Author), M Palmer (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $3.30

  Arsene Wenger has had a major impact on English football, bringing detached intelligence and success to Arsenal and blazing a trail for other foreign coaches to come to England. He has proved to be a superb scientific coach, a charming diplomat, a brilliant man-manager and a perceptive talent scout. His team won the Premiership and FA Cup double in 1998, built a luxurious new training ground, signed world-class players and gave the club new horizons.

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.30

  Idealistic, passionate and scientific, Arsene Wenger led the modernisation of English football. A star-maker who identifies and nurtures talent, he also opened the door for foreign coaches like Houllier, Eriksson, Ranieri and Mourinho. He is Arsenal's most successful and longest-serving manager and the only manager in FA Premier League history to go through an entire season without a loss. Now completely revised and updated to include, Arsenal's triumphant campaign to the 2006 Champion's League final, Wenger's induction into the English Football Hall of Fame and all the highlights from the 2007/08 season, The Professor tracks the highs and lows of Wenger's decade at Arsenal, his teams, his methods, his successes and failures, and asks what the future holds for the man who reinvented the beautiful game.