The Insider at Emirates Stadium

There was a time when a clash between Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger was hailed as the ultimate showdown in Premier League football. Like Ali v Frazier or Connors v McEnroe, the managers of Manchester United and Arsenal spent much of their early years together in direct competition for all the top prizes in the game, with the articulate Frenchman getting the better of Ferguson more than anyone else in recent years.