Arsene Wenger is widely credited with helping to revolutionise English football.
Wenger joined Arsenal in October 1996 and managed the club for 22 years, winning three Premier League titles and a record seven FA Cups. He also created history when the Gunners went through the 2003-04 league season unbeaten.
Since leaving the Emirates Stadium, the Frenchman has taken up a role at football's world governing body Fifa, overseeing the global development of the game.
Here the 70-year-old talks to BBC Sport about the past, the present and the future
The past
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