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I have only been here since 1996 but between 1966 and 1996 England had thirty years without foreign players and didn't win any more competitions in that time.

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Arsene Wenger
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 22
Association Football Manager
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Straßburg
Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger
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