He is extremely controlling. Wants everything his way. What Beckham should wear, how he should cut his hair, how many days he should spend on his honeymoon, who should he marry and who should he not be with … Is this OK for you? And he would get away after physically assaulting him? For SAF, everything was always about himself.
Arsene Wenger on the other hand is so different. He only controlled what people ate (and that too, through education and not “enforcement”). I never hear any such stories about him. He too was a winner, wasn’t he? But completely different style of management.
Seems Ferguson controlled through fear while Arsene Wenger coached through love.
Definitely could’ve been more enforcing. He completely lost that team the last few years at Arsenal.
Yes and no. I was Arsene Out from earlier than most, and while I still look back and see mistakes I also think we have to acknowledge what he did under terrible conditions. He was given no budget at all, and I don’t think any other manager could have kept getting top 3-4 finishes with squads full of Squilachis and Yaya Sanogos and Andre Santoses and Bendtners. How he kept us in the CL every year with that trash is a miracle.
Sir Alex ferguson spent £685 million on transfers in his 27 years at United. Arsene Wenger spent £830 million in 22 years at arsenal.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/arsene-wenger/spielertransfers/trainer/280/plus/0/galerie/0?station_id=2394
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/sir-alex-ferguson/spielertransfers/trainer/4/plus/0/galerie/0?station_id=2398#/
In 2003 ferguson bought ronaldo for €19 million. That same year wenger bought Jose Antonio reyes for €20 million.
Oh yea dude it’s phenomenal. I’ve done the math on how much money he made that club from just getting to the CL as many years as he did. Basically paid for Emirates. I was never an Wenger out supporter. I didn’t mind him.
Sir Alex ferguson spent £685 million on transfers in his 27 years at United. Arsene Wenger spent £830 million in 22 years at arsenal.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/arsene-wenger/spielertransfers/trainer/280/plus/0/galerie/0?station_id=2394
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/sir-alex-ferguson/spielertransfers/trainer/4/plus/0/galerie/0?station_id=2398#/
I am not sure about all that. All I can say is that what he did at Arsenal financially, only a few coaches across every sport in the world have accomplished. There is one thing you can say about Wenger, he made that club a fuck ton of money. And the football got sacrificed. Bit make no mistake he was a money making machine.
One day somebody will calculate the quality of the squads he had compared to Fergie in the latter years and realise he worked miracles.
Sir Alex ferguson spent £685 million on transfers in his 27 years at United. Arsene Wenger spent £830 million in 22 years at arsenal.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/arsene-wenger/spielertransfers/trainer/280/plus/0/galerie/0?station_id=2394
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/sir-alex-ferguson/spielertransfers/trainer/4/plus/0/galerie/0?station_id=2398#/
Wenger had as good as if not better budget than ferguson he just didn’t spend it as well.
While I can’t disagree with the above, you aren’t comparing like for like periods and specifically the stadium build era until around 2013.
If you look at Wenger, he spent alot post 2013, when Fergie was retired and other managers were spending at old Trafford. Likewise Wenger started late 1996 so Fergies transfers pre Wenger were cheap compared to modern transfer fees.