Hot off the presses, I’ve just read, “Wenger: The Making of a Legend” by Jasper Rees. Some of you may have seen excerpts recently in the Guardian.
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Rees, a freelance journalist, certainly put in the effort here to get inside the intensely private Wenger. He followed Wenger’s footsteps from his humble beginnings in the Alsace region of France, to his jobs in Monaco and Japan and then to the Arsenal. The book has some quotes from Wenger, but not direct interviews. Those come from Wenger’s many colleagues, friends, acquaintances and others involved in football.
I found the book to be enjoyable and informative. It paints a picture of Wenger as someone who has dedicated his life to football and is an intense competitor. His is portrayed as a sensitive, intelligent man of the upmost propriety.
After going through his past jobs the book focuses on his work at Arsenal, and to believe this account, we really don’t understand how much we owe this man. He has absolutely and completely revolutionized how things are done at Arsenal. I begin to understand how his influence has made such a huge difference. How are we able to consistently challenge Man United when no one else has? How are we able to be consistently better than teams with equal talent and much more money? What is the key difference? While I hate to put all that on one person, the signs do point to Wenger.
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