Source: Daily_Mail
Wenger's Irish stew: Arsenal boss can't call France World Cup play-off
Arsene Wenger believes this week's World Cup play-off between France and Republic of Ireland is too close to call.[LNB]The Arsenal manager, can expect some of his players to be in Raymond Domenech's squad if France win the two-legged showdown.[LNB] Va va voom: Wenger believes France, with Thierry Henry, are superior to Ireland[LNB]But he revealed he is having 'interesting conversations' with Arsenal academy director Liam Brady, who is on Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni's coaching staff.[LNB]In a stew: Wenger believes the Irish will be tough[LNB]'I believe France have more individual quality,' said Wenger. [LNB]'The question mark is how much can the enthusiasm, the collective drive of Ireland, and the efficiency on the day, counteract maybe the technical superiority of the French team.[LNB]'In the last three games, there has a resurgence of quality in the French national team. They are better than six months ago and they are on their way up. [LNB]'It will be a very interesting game because I am keen to see the mixture of Irish passion, drive going forward, with the shrewd calculating temper of Trapattoni, against the French national team, which is still very young but with a lot of quality.[LNB]'Liam Brady is on the bench with Ireland, so we have very interesting conversations.'[LNB] Dunne dismisses Domenech as 'the man who is messing up France team'Evra: World Cup is more important than Champions League gloryARSENAL FC
