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Can former duckling Jack Wilshere blossom under Eddie Howe at Bournemouth? Illustration: David Lyttleton

Jack Wilshere’s Struggle to Find a Role

by Barney Ronay | Nov 30, 2016 | Sports

Here’s an interesting thing: just over eight years ago Arsenal thrashed Sheffield United 6-0 in the League Cup, famously fielding a team of gossamer-touch man-ducklings with an average age of 19, described by Arsène Wenger as the best crop of young players he’d ever...

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Arsène Wenger – Reuters

Arsène Wenger’s Gift Arrives Wrapped in a Majestic Arsenal First Half

by Barney Ronay | Sep 27, 2016 | Sports

Close your eyes, Arsène. Now … Open them. Happy 20th anniversary! Yes, that’s right. It’s exactly what you’ve always wanted. For one perfect half at the Emirates Arsenal produced something sublime, 45 minutes that contained pretty much the full set of Wenger-isms...

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Managers from Alex Ferguson to Sam Allardyce have acknowledged their own debt to Wenger’. Composite: Getty Images & Colorsport/Rex

Arsène Wenger Should Have Won More but English Football Owes him a Lot

by Barney Ronay | Sep 23, 2016 | Sports

Happy anniversary then, Arsène. You were the future once. Like most ageing pop culture icons Arsène Wenger has by now pretty much completed the full circuit from youthful innovator, new broom and all-round king of the wild frontier to something that looks a bit like...