Arsene Wenger: Real Madrid 'one of the teams I loved' as a child
Arsene Wenger says he turned down the Real Madrid job "two or three times" but admits it was one of his favourite clubs as a child.
Wenger is linked with the vacancy at the Bernabeu following Zinedine Zidane's shock resignation on Thursday, and the 68-year-old has made it clear he wants to take on a new challenge after ending his 22-year reign as Arsenal manager.
"Real Madrid, I think I turned them down two or three times," Wenger said in an interview with beIN Sports published the day before Zidane's announcement. "It's one of the teams I loved when I was a kid.
@Viru
Zidane won the Champions League three years in a row with a ?10m budget.
Worst barca aayrikkum kaaranam kurache munpe undayiruna barcaye team of this era ennane parayapettirune
But that doesn't mean they are poor...Pazhaya barcayil undayirunu messi,pique,busquets okke eppozhum kalikunu suarez,coutinho,dembele were some among the most expensive signings of modern football
Under zidane We won 3 clasicos and drawed 2 out of 7 matches. We destroyed them 5-1 in aggregate(CL il kalichitilla enne orkanam which is our monopoly )
So it was not like they can beat us comprehensively every time
Last edited by Viru; 06-02-2018 at 07:46 PM.
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Madrid didn't spend that much as many believes let alone zidane
Parayumbo madridine bayagara bench strength enne parayum pakshe ee asensio,vazquez,kovacic,nacho okk either academic players allel cheep buy's aane
Even kroos polum valare cheep signing aane so was modric...sathyam paranjal CR7 maati nirthiyal Bale and to an extend james kazinjal oru huge spending madrid nadathiyitilla for a while
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But aa time le spending baki clubs vech nokumbol top il arnu!! Adjusted to inflation nokiyal cr7 figures would be even more than Neymars i think!! But credit to real, they kept hold of their best players amd got some absolute bargains like kroos(we were also fighting for him but moyes was the manager and lvg turned away from him unlucky with Modric n bale too.. Levy would not sell their best players to an epl rival ) and a need to sign a marquee name wasn't necessary recently!! Things might change soon though!
Last edited by perumal; 06-02-2018 at 08:55 PM.