Wenger follows Chapman's path to success at Arsenal

REFILE - Arsenal's coach Arsene Wenger (R) reacts next to Bayern Munich's coach Pep Guardiola during their Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match in Munich, March 11, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

LONDON (Reuters) - When Arsene Wenger walked into Highbury Stadium for the first time in 1996, he was faced with the man whose legacy colours every aspect of Arsenal thinking.

At the top of the stairs in the marble entrance hall was a bronze bust of Herbert Chapman, the manager who turned the London club into English football's dominant force in the 1930s.