Arsenal has honoured their former manager, Arsene Wenger, by unveiling a statue of him at the Emirates Stadium, showcasing their unwavering support for the man who dedicated 22 years to the club.
Wenger’s journey with Arsenal began in October 1996 when he took charge at Highbury. Over the next two decades, he masterfully transformed Arsenal into one of the most formidable clubs in England and Europe.
During his tenure, Wenger secured numerous achievements, including three Premier League titles and an impressive seven FA Cup victories, making him the most successful manager in the competition’s history.
After departing from the Emirates in 2018, Wenger assumed a role with FIFA, but it wasn’t until last year, after four years, that he returned to visit the stadium he called home for so long.
Recognising Wenger’s immense contribution to the club, Arsenal has solidified his legendary status by commemorating him with a statue at the Emirates. This gesture serves as a testament to the lasting impact he had on the club and the admiration and respect he continues to receive from the Arsenal faithful.
A club statement on its website reads:
“During Arsène’s 22 years at the club, he was manager of our men’s first team for an incredible 1,235 matches and led us through the most successful period in our history, transforming our identity with his vision for how the game was played, and has been identified to have created the ‘modern Arsenal’.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Wenger is a reason some of us started supporting the club and the gaffer remains one individual we will always love.
We welcomed him with open arms when he visited and it is great that fans will now see his statue when they attend matches as his legacy lives on.
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Long overdue but better late than never.
Well done to the organizers immortalizing the legendary Frenchman, establishing a great moment in Arsenal history and by extension football in England.
Arsene still knows
Always hard to tell from a pic on the internet, but it looks. Thank god it they didn’t employ the artist responsible for the Ronaldo cartoon statue!
Fantastic this is finally up, and a great honour for a club legend. Cannot wait to go and see it.
Well deserved
This is all well deserved. It would have been gross injustice to have statues of Tony Adams, Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp and leave out the man who turned them into super stars. His 22 year career at Arsenal is a feat which very few managers can achieve. The other notable achiever is of course Sir Alex Ferguson.
What the club website failed to emphasise is the fact that Arsenal became an international brand because of Arsene Wenger. Most people in the third world countries especially Africa and Asia are Arsenal supporters thanks to Arsene. In India Arsenal enjoys formidable support. Some sizeable following is also said to exist in China. In Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, Arsenal’s support is unsurpassed. The President of Rwanda Paul Kagame even went as far as making a deal to put Rwandan logo on Arsenal’s shirts. What better proof do we need of Arsenal’s international appeal? All this is due to Arsene’s untiring efforts which popularised Arsenal everywhere. Thus it is well deserved that he gets recognition in form of a magnificent statue.
That cannot be underestimated
Well said David, a true and realistic summary of what this great man did for the club he ended up supporting as a lifelong Gooner.
He commented,”j will miss arsenal” in a passionate way.
Oh!what!!.
We shall miss him too….
Jhs blessings follow him wherever.
We LOVE u ARSENE.
“LONGLIVE, LONGLIVE”