FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Arsenal FA Cup and League Championship Trophy Parade - Britain - May 12, 2002 Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger celebrates by holding aloft the FA Cup and FA Barclaycard Championship trophy Action Images via Reuters/Alex Morton/File Photo
(Reuters) - When Arsenal appointed Arsene Wenger as their manager in 1996 there were no shortage of sceptics, wondering what exactly in the Frenchman's past made him suitable for such a prestigious role.
His playing career was barely noticed and as a manager it had been eight years since he had won his only French league title with Monaco. He had spent the previous 18 months coaching Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan’s J League, far from the centre of football power.
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