Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted the fact that he cannot go on in the job forever and he believes when the time finally comes to call it a day, it will be “instinctive and impulsive”, as per the reports on ESPN. The Frenchman has been one of the longest serving managers in the English Premier League along with former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson who retired three years ago.
Wenger has been a loyal servant to the club ever since his arrival from Nagoya Grampus Eight back in 1996. The 65-year-old has revolutionized English football over the years and has won major titles with the club including three Premier League trophies and six FA Cups.
During the early 2000s, Wenger and Ferguson battled it out against each other on all fronts and both managers are till date considered to be the greatest managers of all time in England and rightly so.
I haven’t decided on retirement yet: Wenger
Le Professeur, as he is famously known by his players and fans, is in his 19th year in charge of the North London club and he is currently the longest-serving manager in the English game. However, Wenger has not decided when to retire and according to him it is no an immediate agenda.
“I haven't decided yet. I think it can be more instinctive and impulsive than that,” said the Arsenal boss, whose contract runs until the summer of 2017.
“I am always scared. I have heard that so many times, 'Next year I will retire,' and then they continue or go somewhere else. I think one thing is for sure that, when I retire, I will really retire.”
The Gunners will be hosting the Red Devils at the Emirates on Sunday and the visitors’ boss Louis Van Gaal has also vowed to finally retire in 2017 at the end of his contract. The Dutchman’s decision to retire from coaching role was influenced by his wife – to uphold a long-standing promise to her.
Wenger urges his players to bounce back
The Arsenal manager is confident his players can produce the required response against United following midweek’s disappointing 3-2 defeat to Olympiacos in a Champions League fixture and he has urged his plays to lay down a marker for their own Premier League title challenge against Van Gaal’s men.
“We have a big game at home and the advantage is to win the big game at home,” he said. “It is the first maybe massive game for the top of the table.
“Without the home form, you don't win the championship, that is for sure.”