Former Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger has opened up on why he rejected offers from La Liga giants, Real Madrid.
Wenger was approached several times by Real Madrid all of which got turned down by the Frenchman.
According to him, Arsenal gave him the chance to manage the club the way he wanted, hence he saw no reason to leave the North London club.
“Regret is that maybe I sacrificed a little bit the winning potential against the loyalty potential,” Wenger told beIN Sport.
“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.
“At the end of the day, I’m happy to do what I did.
“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, where I had less influence on the club [Real Madrid]?
“So I decided that I keep trying to experience my love story [at Arsenal].”
