72-year-old Wenger grew up with two … obsessions: football and religion. The former Arsenal coach also explained how his childhood impacted his way of coaching.
Arsene Wenger grew up in Duttlenheim, Alsace, a few kilometers from the German border. A small village where the young Arsene grew up with two … obsessions: football and religion. The former Arsenal coach, who has now become head of world football development from FIFA, spoke to the program some time ago Desert Island by BBC4. And in addition to making a list of records to take to a desert island, she also explained what the impact of his childhood was on his way of coaching.
And from religion, which totally dominated the life of his village, he learned something that he carried with him throughout his career: not to be satisfied. “The impact on my career of this situation is that I was never completely satisfied with what I was doing, because it seemed to me that I never did enough. It was religion that always made me feel a little guilty, Catholic religion works like this. week and sometimes I lied. I didn’t always remember everything I had done wrong. ” The results of his teams, however, speak for him. And just not content with having “only” won the Premier League, his Arsenal players have become the “Invincibles”.
And then … other tips. Word of those who had a particular childhood, since Mr. Alphonse and Mrs. Louise, Wenger’s parents, had a business that left very little space to take care of the family. “I do not advise anyone to open a bistro if they have children. At the time there was no family life, we were open every day of the year. We only closed one day, from four to midnight. And it was Christmas day and only and solely because religion completely dominated village life. For the rest, no holidays. ” On the other hand, Wenger had every chance to think almost and exclusively about football. As a player he didn’t achieve a lot, but as a manager he did pretty well. And now maybe he can … confess some little sin.
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