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Arsene Wenger Meeting Helped Manchester City Progress, Says David Bernstein

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Former Manchester City chairman David Bernstein has credited Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger with helping the Sky Blues' revival when they were in the third tier of English football in the late 1990s.

Bernstein was chairman of City from 1998 to 2003 and saw the club rise from the second division to the Premier League, and he has revealed he sought advice from Wenger during his tenure, per Reuters (via ESPN FC): "I had two hours with him at the Arsenal training ground on my own.