Wenger can be Arsenal chairman, says current chief
Friday, 19 October 2007
LONDON, Oct 18 (AFP): Arsene Wenger would make an ideal chairman for Arsenal when he finally decides to call a day on his coaching career, according to the current incumbent Peter Hill-Wood.
The French manager has been in the Arsenal hotseat since the end of 1996, winning three titles in that period, reaching a Champions League final and landing four FA Cups.
He has also nutured a swashbuckling young team of talented players who are currently wowing the Premier League with their attractive attacking football.
And the 71-year-old Hill-Wood, who heads a board featuring five directors over the age of 60, believes Wenger would make an excellent future appointment.
"None of us are getting any younger," Hill-Wood told the Financial Times. "Arsene would make an excellent chairman one day, but we haven't discussed anything specifically."
The French manager has been in the Arsenal hotseat since the end of 1996, winning three titles in that period, reaching a Champions League final and landing four FA Cups.
He has also nutured a swashbuckling young team of talented players who are currently wowing the Premier League with their attractive attacking football.
And the 71-year-old Hill-Wood, who heads a board featuring five directors over the age of 60, believes Wenger would make an excellent future appointment.
"None of us are getting any younger," Hill-Wood told the Financial Times. "Arsene would make an excellent chairman one day, but we haven't discussed anything specifically."