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Wenger: I didn’t see it… or actually maybe I did

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LONDON – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confessed that he often pretended not to have seen conspicuous foul play by his players to protect them, the Frenchman told The Times on Friday.

“Sometimes I see it but I say that I didn’t see it to protect the players and because I could not find any rational explanation for what they did,” Wenger said.

But Wenger, who has coached Arsenal for close to 13 years, said he was not tempted by a recent offer to coach Spanish side Real Madrid.

“I knew what they wanted to do, but I didn’t want to leave Arsenal,” the 59-year-old Wenger said.

“I want to go to the end of my job here. I built this team, I want to deliver with this team and I feel that if I left I would in some way have betrayed my beliefs.”

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Written by Israel Saria

I have been involved with sports in Tanzania as a Volleyball Coach for many years—and was a Tanzania Amateur Volleyball Association (TAVA) leader. I studied sports management at Leipzig University in Germany and understand the science behind sports. That led me to work as a football pundit, with the BBC ( Swahili service) in London. That experience and exposure took me to covering the 2010, World Cup in South Africa. This provided me with a great insight into international level football commentary and the opportunity to carry out extensive research into the game including its players, the stadiums, the rules and tactics.I have also been grateful to meet a wide range of people connected to football in the UK, Tanzania, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, France, Kenya etc, and visited almost all of the key football stadiums across United Kingdom, and Europe.

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