Guest of Rothen ignites Friday on RMC, Arsène Wenger, director of football development at Fifa, has once again defended his World Cup project every two years. Among his arguments, the former Arsenal coach ensures that the schedule will not be more busy and that “small games piss off the big players.”
Arsène Wenger spares no effort. The Director of Football Development at Fifa is on all fronts to defend his project of a World Cup and a continental competition played every two years, instead of four currently. Friday is in Rothen ignites on RMC that the 71-year-old Alsatian tried to be convincing. To respond to the many detractors who point to an overloaded schedule, the former Monaco and Arsenal coach cited the examples of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
“Don’t live with the idea that football kills players”
“There are misconceptions circulating, Judge Wenger. I played against Cristiano Ronaldo in 2004. He still plays. He plays almost 70 games every year. He and Messi, since 2006, so 15 years, have played almost 70 games every year. And they still play. You can’t live with the idea that football kills players. In my career, I had problems with players who weren’t playing, not with those who weren’t playing. who were playing. ” And Wenger concludes: “Above all, great players want to play great games. What bothers them is playing small games.”
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