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You weren’t world-class when Arsenal signed you.

Arsene Wenger

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Arsene Wenger
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 22
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Coach
Economist
Engineer
Straßburg
Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger
Arsenal
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Weren
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World

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