After being inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame, Arsene Wenger reflected on his 22-year tenure as our manager by simply stating: “it changed my life completely.”
The Frenchman was handed the honour having managed more games in the division than any other manager across his 22 seasons as our boss, three of which saw him get his hands on the championship trophy playing some sublime football that changed the way the game was played forever.
His revolutionary coaching methods combined with his eye for bringing in European talent unspotted by his rivals helped the Premier League grow into the most-watched league in the world, but he admits that only a leap of faith from the club at the time made all that possible.