Good health the key for Wenger

22 September 2010 17:30
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger maintains he will continue to work in the game as long as his health allows. Wenger, 61, recently penned a new deal to keep him at Emirates Stadium until 2014. By then the Frenchman, who has revolutionised the north London club since arriving in September 1996, may well have decided enough is enough. Wenger, who would not be short of suitors, revealed he would like to continue his habit of working with emerging talent, even if that was away from a top club. Speaking to L'Equipe, Wenger said: "I will coach for as long as I am healthy enough. I could finish coaching young players, but not necessarily at professional level. "I am planning to remain with Arsenal until the end of my new contract, but at my age I am forced to consider the short term. If I am still here it will not be because of a lack of offers from clubs overseas, but because I really appreciate what I have been given here. I am fortunate to work with complete freedom." Wenger admits a return home would perhaps be appealing one day, for the right project. He said: "In France, there is the club who are close to my heart, Strasbourg. (Also) here is a club with huge undeveloped potential, PSG (Paris St Germain)."

Source: PA