Sorry maybe to disappointed many of you but Wenger is well appreciated and respected in France. And as a supporter Club president, I think I know (more than Babatunde) what the majority of french Arsenal fans think of Wenger as well. He's also criticized a lot, of course he's made mistakes but there's only very few of them who would like to see him leave the Club now.
I'd like to say I don't blame Arsenal fans who want to see Wenger to leave the Club. Everyone has his opinion and I respect all of them. What I meant is I think one of the reasons many of the fans want him out is the fact we had a manager before him who has built one of the best defense ever and in the last few years it was far from that. It's not the Arsenal they knew when they were younger, so I understand the massive frustration.
There's not many arsenal fans in France who supported the Club before Wenger, that's true. Many of them started supporting the Club when the games were on french TV. So of course it's a matter of generation, and you can't blame them for being younger or started support Arsenal later than you did.
The Independent journalist wanted to know what french people and french Arsenal fans think of Wenger and he asked my opinion about it. What I told him is what I hear, read every day. I didn't meant to offend anyone.
Anyway, I'm just back from Marseille, and I'm really tired. I hope everyone enjoyed the trip and the game as much as I did.
