Arsene Wenger Quotes (261 Quotes)

I like Joey Barton. But, you know, I don't want to interfere with that publicly. He has been negotiating with his own club so I do not want to interfere with that.

I was always very confident (Vieira would stay). I am confident he will stay at Arsenal. I have repeated that before many times. I cannot do much more.

We didn't think he would play on Sunday because he was suspended - that makes me think he has all the qualities to join Arsenal!

I don't know where this win ranks but if you'd told me we'd play twice against Real Madrid and not concede a goal, I'd have been surprised. If you look at the average age of the team, it was fantastic.

I feel we should have won this game by three goals difference. Bolton didn't create anything the whole game and won with one chance and one goal. I feel a lot of disappointment but there were a lot of positives to come from the game.

I think in England you eat too much sugar and meat and not enough vegetables.

You cannot say that you are happy when you don't win.

Seven hours' travel is sometimes tricky if you want to make changes to your plans at the last second.

If Thierry is who he is today it is because we have shown faith in him and believe in him.

If we don't get something out of this game, then it will make life very difficult for us. It's a massive game for us as we must get at least a point.

I don't think at the moment that the World Cup for Ashley is under threat.

I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential.

When you don't win or even get a point in your opening two away games, like we have, the nerves do play a role. You could see that in the way we wanted to take our chances,

Ideally you would want to score all kinds of goals, but recently it has been set-pieces, but we want to score goals the way we love to.

The self-belief is there, but so is the frustration as well.

I am surprised to be the last team from the Premiership in the competition. Nobody expected it.

For me the intention behind the statement is important. I hope I am right that nothing malicious was planned behind it. I cannot let people say anything without a reaction. I let him get away with it.

I was surprised they made this decision now. The main reason is that it can take some power away from him when he has to make tough decisions.

I told you he would produce tonight. What more can I say about Thierry Henry I hope the quality of our young team will convince him to stay with us.

enjoy it when we play good football, but that means running quickly, jumping high and, of course, putting your foot in. I do not like players who do not get involved in the fight, I concede that, but I never tell anybody to kick an opponent. Never.

I feel the game was really never in doubt today because we had a good start, good moment - we missed a few chances but we were always on top of the game, and I never really felt that Charlton had a period that they could come back.

What's important for me is that Arsenal are the best team in the country. At the moment we are not. That is the real worry for me.

I cannot imagine Thierry not being part of the project but at the moment we have to wait.

It is a miracle we are still in the competition but we are up for this game and I think we will go through.

We gave a lot (against Real) on Wednesday night but I feel it was a third great performance from the team in a week.

Part of it is that everyone can have an opinion on the game.

Robert came to me after the game, telling me he was sorry and that he had made a big mistake. But as a manager, you have to live with these things.

We want to make it our destiny, of course.

Despite the possession we tried to force the chances...and got away with a 1-0 victory. A fully confident Arsenal would have won by more.

When you have your back to the wall and you produce the kind of game we did today, it shows there is more about this team than just winning matches.

I've been disappointed with some of the criticism Jens Lehmann has received this season,

We are ready right now to negotiate a new contract with Thierry, but I have the impression he is not.

Thierry is my priority. He is the new captain and he's the one who must lead this club into the new stadium.

We fought for eight years to be where we are now. It justifies what I said for years. You just he there every year and one year it goes for you. It is difficult to get to where we are now.

If anything, he has been a victim of his own success. If he plays now and doesn't score, people say, 'Where was Thierry Henry today' But for me, he is so valuable because even if he doesn't score he provides so many assists for others to score.

I hope the quality that our young team has shown here will help persuade him to stay. It is important that this growing team and their leader is with them. I do not want to have to take one step back when the best player leaves.

It's a big season for every player between 28 and 32 in a World Cup year because they think 'if I miss this one, it could be dangerous for me,' ... He has experience and physical power that nobody else has.

However I will rotate the squad a little bit because some have played two international games. Also we'll be playing on Wednesday next week and then the Monday after that.

When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes and not more intelligent.

I feel lucky, in our job, to make 500 games. But I've never been a big fan of looking back. I try to use history to be better tomorrow.

The team was a bit nervy because we have lost a few games recently... When we scored it was a relief and we are not used to this but this victory can give us a new start.

I think we can catch Liverpool. I thought if we could win the game today, we could do it.

Patrick will be highly motivated for the Champions League above all the personal motivation.

He has a contract, it's my desire Cole stays and I think he's happy here. I'm 100 per cent certain he will stay and sign a new contract.

We have rebuilt a confidence level that allows us to believe we can beat them on Saturday,

Newcastle deserve a lot of credit, they will have a much stronger role to play in this championship than everybody thinks,

I want to build the team again and finish the job by winning the Champions League and Henry would get more satisfaction in doing that at this club than anywhere else.

The challenge is to finish the season well in the top four - that will be remarkable when we achieve it because we started from so far back - and finish well in Europe. So this team can build belief and confidence through these big games. That will be a great guarantee for success in the future.

I feel part of my soul is in this stadium because many of the biggest moments of my sports career have been there.

I really can't remember having as many injuries as this but it is not a crisis. We have enough good players in the team to win the game.