Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has opened up on the one regret he may have over rejecting the opportunity to become Real Madrid manager.
Wenger has previously opened up on how he turned down Real’s advances on multiple occasions during his near 22-year tenure in charge of the Gunners, where he won won three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups.
But Wenger, speaking to beIN SPORTS, has admitted that by opting against taking over at the Spanish giants he passed up at the chance of adding to his trophy cabinet, while also revealing how the structure at Los Blancos didn't suit his style of management.
“No regret, regret is that maybe I sacrificed a little bit the winning potential against the loyalty potential, or the desire to build up the club and the influence I had on the club to build up the club when we built the stadium, against the fact that I could have won more by going somewhere else and being less limited financially," the Frenchman said.
“At the end of the day, I’m happy to do what I did, to have done what I did.”
Wenger added: “I thought from a very young age I want to work the way I like to work.
"Sometimes today I weigh up a little bit ‘have I done well or not?’.
“But I felt that I was in a club [Arsenal] where I met my needs the way I wanted to work.
“Why change that and maybe be in a bit more glorious situation but less happy situation and less influenceable situation, where I had less influence on the club [Real Madrid]?
“So I decided that I keep trying to experience my love story [at Arsenal].”
