Published 19:39 IST, January 20th 2020
Arsene Wenger says Arsenal left their soul at Highbury after moving to Emirates Stadium
Arsene Wenger claims that Arsenal left their soul at Highbury stadium after making their historic move to Emirates Stadium in 2006. Know more about it.
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Arsenal stunned entire football community when y decided to shift ir home from Highbury to Emirates Stium in 2006. Highbury stium sheltered Gunners for almost 93 years. However, in 2006, Arsenal decided to upgre ir home’s capacity from 38,419 spectators to 60,000 spectators. Emirates Stium was chosen as appropriate one. However, Arsenal have t been same since n. After winning 11 trophies under Arsene Wenger (including three Premier League titles), Arsenal have been struggling a lot to tch a major accomplishment at ir new home. While a lot of experts continue to analyse Arsenal’s performance, Arsene Wenger said that Gunners ‘left ir soul’ at Highbury stium.
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Premier League: Arsene Wenger says that Arsenal left ir soul in Highbury
After achieving great domestic supremacy at Highbury, Arsenal have failed to do same at ir new home - Emirates Stium. Former manr Arsene Wenger believes that Highbury stium still has perfect atmosphere and thing can ever replicate it. In an interview with beIN Sports, Frenchman said, “I moved from Highbury, which was similar to Anfield, but re was a soul in stium, we built a new stium but we never found our soul - we left our soul at Highbury. We could never recreate it for security reasons. distance from pitch to stand h to be bigger as we needed ambulances to come in. inclination of stands h to be smaller - all those things toger we didn't find to recreate atmosphere."
Arsenal are currently mand by Mikel Arteta.
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(Im courtesy: Official website of English Premier League and Arsenal)
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19:39 IST, January 20th 2020