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Stan Kroenke glad to extened Arsene Wenger’s contract

By on September 26, 2013
Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke has expressed his happiness with Arsene Wenger's current side

Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke has expressed his happiness with Arsene Wenger’s current side

Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke has given Arsene Wenger his backing and told the Telegraph newspaper that he is hoping to extended the manager’s contract.

Wenger’s side have been on hot form and sit top of the English Premier League with twelve points, leading Kroenke to come out and compliment the manager in a rare interview with The Telegraph.

“There’s no one I feel more strongly about and I think he is doing a great job,” said Kroenke. “We have been very supportive, we have never wavered, we are proud of him, proud of the club, the way the club is run and how it holds itself out to the world.

“Arsene knows how we feel, what our philosophy is, what we want to do and I feel like we are totally aligned. I think he wants to do it the exact same way as we do.”

“Arsene is his own man, he will make up his own mind. There is a lot of pressure in the job, he has handled it very well but at some point we all make up our minds whether we continue in our careers.

“I don’t want to say something about Arsene that is not the way he feels but, to me, I think he seems to love what he does. I had my son and a bunch of his friends at the training ground. A couple of them are NBA players.

“We were standing out in the rain watching. It rained like hell. This was going on for several hours. I was getting worried about players getting hit by lightning and Arsene was out in the middle of it. He’s out there coaching every day. You’ve got to love that or you can’t do it. That’s a passion.”

“I really enjoy Arsene — very smart, very intelligent.  We has an absolute view on how he runs that team and the club. He has earned that right. Don’t look for me to interfere with that. I have learnt over the years that sometimes owners try do that and it is not so good.”

Wenger is entering the final year of his three-year deal with the Gunners, and in addition to saying he would like Wenger to end his career in London Kroenke said he wished to end Arsenal’s trophy drought this season.  The entrepreneur also believes Wenger is the right man to lead the side to their first title in over eight years, saying: “He (Wenger) works very hard at it and has a wonderful record. He was trained in economics, my undergraduate study was in economics.

“There would be nothing more thrilling [than winning the Premier League title]. I’m not getting any younger. It’s something I would like to achieve. I’ve done it a couple of times in the US [in NHL, NFL and Major League Soccer] and it was unbelievable.

“For the players, for the coaches and the manager, as well everyone around the club, I can’t imagine the level of excitement. The idea that no one cares or is passionate about that sort of thing is just beyond the realms of imagination.”

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