Arsène Wenger gave, on Monday afternoon, a conference on football on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Laureus Awards. Surrounded by Jill Ellis, coach of the American women's double world champion soccer team, Fabio Capello, the great Italian coach, and Ruud Gullit, Dutch soccer legend, former Arsenal manager, today at the Fifa, returned to the news of its sport.
On the problem of racism in the stands, an urgency to be resolved "with adequate tools to put in place for all the players in the game", on Manchester City and financial fair play ("those who do not respect the rules must be punished ”) or video arbitration. While his name returns to take the presidency of Rennes to succeed Olivier Létang, who resigned on February 7, the Alsatian said "not to be a candidate".
After an hour of discussions, the one who has often been announced to PSG as manager or sports director, agreed to quickly discuss the round of 16 first leg between Dortmund and Paris on Tuesday evening and the questions surrounding Neymar.
There are many questions about the state of form of Neymar , who has not played for fifteen days due to a rib injury, about his possible lack of rhythm. What do you think ?
ARSÈNE WENGER . I have no doubts about his ability to be on time (Tuesday evening). Before being injured, he was in the form of his life. He was very strong. So there are no questions to be asked. I'm not worried, there will be no problem.
PSG has therefore done well to keep it this summer…
He plays at such a level… That is why, even this summer, when it was a question of his departure from Paris (for Barcelona), I always said that it would have been a mistake for him to leave. Yes, it's a good thing that he stayed at PSG.
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What do you think of his performance since he joined PSG in 2017?
( little smile ). When he is there, there is nothing to say! I repeat, he evolves at a level ... Yes, when he is not injured, Neymar often plays at an extraordinary level. The concern, again, is the injuries. Since he is in Paris, his problem is that he is not often present in March…