Arsenal fan Piers Morgan has now been forced to defend and explain comments he made about iconic former manager Arsene Wenger.
Piers Morgan has been critical of Arsene Wenger in the past.
The Frenchman was in charge of Arsenal between 1996 and 2018. In that time, he oversaw the most successful period in the North London club’s history, as he won three Premier League titles and four FA Cups between 1998 and 2005.
In the 2003/04 season, Wenger’s crowning glory came in the form of the the Invincibles side. Arsenal won the league that season without losing a single match. Wenger has since explained why he believed his squad to be capable of such a feat in the first place.
However, after Arsenal made the move to the Emirates Stadium in 2006, there was an extended period of struggle. The Gunners were rarely able to compete in the Premier League title race, and did not win any further silverware until their 2014 FA Cup triumph.
Wenger added two further FA Cup winners’ medals to his collection before leaving the club. However, it is certainly fair to say that he never recaptured the magic of his early years in the job.
Wenger is an Arsenal legend, and has been immortalised in statue form outside of the stadium that he was so integral to the construction of.
Now, Mikel Arteta is seeking to bring back the glory days of Wenger’s early reign, as the Gunners are now capable of competing for the biggest prizes again.
Arsenal fan Piers Morgan defends Arsene Wenger statement
Meanwhile, Morgan has been questioned over his previous comments on Wenger, in conversation with Simon Jordan on the Up Front podcast.
Jordan stated: “It was preposterous what you said about Wenger.”
Morgan then mounted his defence, saying: “First eight years, he was the best manager in world football. He won the league three times against Alex Ferguson, who many view as the greatest of all time…and we went invincible. Best in the world in my estimation. For the last 14 years of his tenure, sadly, he was a shadow of the manager he’d been before, and that’s why we didn’t win the league.
“He became what I call a glorified architect. He was more obsessed with having a great stadium…I love Arsene Wenger for what he did for Arsenal, but he stayed at least 12, maybe 14, years too long.”
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Wenger’s impact at Arsenal, and on English football itself, can’t be denied. Jack Wilshere believes he is the greatest manager of all time.
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