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If I go into a season and I say, 'For f***'s sake, if we don't win anything, they will all leave,' I have already lost. The problem of the media is always to imagine the worst. The problem of the manager is always to imagine the best.

Arsene Wenger

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Arsene Wenger
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 22
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Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger
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