Love For Arsenal Cost Me Trophies – Arsene Wenger

Arsene Wenger has claimed that his allegiance to Arsenal cost him trophies in his managerial career.

The Frenchman had several offers from other clubs during his 22-year stay at North London but he rejected them all. Real Madrid was reported to have made an offer which he refused.

“No regret,” Wenger told beIN Sports. “Regret is that maybe I sacrificed a little bit the winning potential against the loyalty potential, or the desire to build up the club and the influence I had on the club to build up the club when we built the stadium, against the fact that I could have won more by going somewhere else and being less limited financially.

“At the end of the day, I’m happy to do what I did, to have done what I did. I thought from a very young age I want to work the way I like to work. Sometimes today I weigh up a little bit ‘have I done well or not?’ But I felt that I was in a club [Arsenal] where I met my needs the way I wanted to work.

“Why change that and maybe be in a bit more glorious situation but less happy situation and less influenceable situation, where I had less influence on the club [Real Madrid]? So I decided that I keep trying to experience my love story [at Arsenal].”