Friday, March 11, 2011

Manchester United v Arsenal: A Timeline of the Rivalry Between Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger

It may have mellowed in recent years but the rivalry between Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger looks set to be revived again this season with Manchester united and Arsenal in direct competition for the FA Cup and Premier League.

November 1996
Sir Alex Ferguson bristles at the notion of Arsene Wenger, newly arrived at Arsenal, as a cerebral ‘professor’ of football. “They say he’s an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages,” says Ferguson. “I’ve got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages.”

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