Arsene Wenger claims there is a doping problem in football, with the Arsenal manager revealing he has come up against “many” teams using performance-enhancing substances throughout his career. I never gave them a product that can improve performance. I’m proud of that.
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In a way I hope the young striker does get another chance to play against West Brom because we have seen signs of a few real talent and the more he plays the more comfortable he will feel in the side and the better he should perform. We have reached an era in which we glorify the victor, without looking at the means or the method.
In midfield, Francis Coquelin has been a revelation since breaking into the side around Christmas previous year but when he is missing through suspension or injury then there is a lack of a protective shield for the back four.
Earlier this week Wenger suggested he had come up against teams who had been “injected”. “But they all run very fast anyway”, he added. “When I saw that the players of Zagreb were doped – well, when you don’t play at your best and your opponent is doped, it is hard”, he said last month.
“I am an admirer of Indian culture because, historically, through [Mahatma] Gandhi, when you are a young boy you learn about [his non-violence principles] and it has a special meaning to you”, Wenger spoke to Arsenal TV.
“Mathematically, that happens every time”. He was dizzy and so many times, I didn’t know whether to take him off or not. “I don’t think we do enough”, he said.
“Yes, that was a big problem for us”.
Dinamo Zagreb will face no sanctions because rules state two players need to be guilty in the same season for the European governing body to act.
Chelsea and Tottenham could suffer from playing games at a temporary ground in the near future, according to Arsene Wenger.
Wenger is regarded as one of the most successful managers in the English football history and he will forever be remembered as a legend in north London.
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Wenger said in an interview with French sports website L’Equipe.
