Marlon deserves a second chance after jail term, says Arsenal boss Wenger

Ousted: Wigan have sacked Marlon King following his convictionArsene Wenger believes Marlon King still has a future in football once he serves his prison sentence.The 29-year-old striker has begun an 18-month jail term after being found guilty of sexual assault and actual bodily harm and he will have sign the Sex Offenders Register.   It also emerged that King - who intends to appeal -had 13 previous convictions, including theft, assault and wounding, and he will be sacked by Wigan Athletic. Wigan chairman Dave Whelan said he doubted King would be able toreturn as a  professional, but Arsenal boss Wenger said: 'I believethat you have justice and it's not my justice, it's the justice Englandhas decided to apply to any case.  'When he has paid hissentence, of course you would consider it (signing King). That meansyou would never forgive anybody anything his whole life.  'When he paid his sentence some clubs, if they want, they will take him.' The Arsenal boss said he thought English football's drinking culturehad improved and said King's profession had nothing to do with thecrime he committed. Wenger said: 'That he is a football player or isn't a football player has nothing to do with what Marlon King did. He's an individual.'People, of course, are very quick to generalise. It's an isolated incident and I don't want to interfere in that, but it has nothing to do with the job he does. A man is always more than just a job he does.'  

Source: Daily_Mail