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Arsene Wenger: 'I turned down Manchester United approach'
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that he turned down the chance to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United due to his love for the Gunners. Former United chairman Martin Edwards revealed earlier this month that Wenger was his first choice to take over from Ferguson when the Scot initially hinted at retirement at the end of the 2001-02 season. Ferguson eventually signed a new deal at Old Trafford and stayed with the club for 11 more years, but Wenger insists that a switch to United - at the time Arsenal's fiercest Premier League rivals - was never of any interest to him. "I am always very confidential. Maybe one day I will get all the contacts I had during my stay at...
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