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Connor O'Neill

Arsene Wenger makes Champions League claim after Manchester United vs Liverpool postponement

Arsene Wenger believes this season’s Champions League semi-finalists are a symbol of the direction football is heading in.

The former Arsenal boss was speaking in the immediate aftermath of Liverpool's game with Manchester United being postponed yesterday afternoon.

The postponement of the game came after United fans broke into Old Trafford in protest against the Glazer family.

The purpose of the protest was for fans to voice their dissatisfaction over the way United is being run by the Glazer family following the recent Super League controversy.

United fans are continuing to apply pressure on the family as part of a concerted effort to gain a stake in the running of the club.

But Wenger feels that football is becoming far to predictable due to the money being spent by clubs and the final four in this season’s Champions League are a prime example of that.

He said: "The importance of money has become bigger and bigger. Why?

"Football is unpredictable as a sport, but the money and the recruitment of big players in a set number of teams has made football predictable.

"Take the Champions League semi-finals for example. You have basically the four richest clubs in the world in the semi-final.

"Chelsea, Man City, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid and you come back next year, and you'll have the same again, or maybe Barcelona, Bayern Munich or Manchester United.

"That means clubs like Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa are finished forever, so on top of that, you can't make a league with even more security."

Before the Frenchman continued to beIN Sports: “First of all you always have to know whether this is the majority.

"We live in a society where the protesters are not always the majority. The media only consider the minority of protesters.

“I would say as a football fan, I was against the Super League project because it ignores what makes football great.”

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